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Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says
Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 ... the area of the brain associated with thinking ...
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Identifying key brain circuit opens doors for new psychosis treatments
Our study investigated the brain circuits involved in psychosis-a condition characterized by delusions, hallucinations, ...
Alarming levels of microplastics found in human brains
A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.
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How does psilocybin alter the brain? We talked to a scientist to find out
Researchers at CU Anschutz are studying the effect of psychedelic mushrooms on patients with treatment-resistant depression.
Our brains are filling with more and more microplastics, study shows
A new study shows that microplastics are making their way into our brains, and that their concentrations are rising.
Researchers found a spoon's worth of nanoplastics in human brains — the latest evidence that plastic is accumulating in our bodies
Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the ...
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Research spotlight: Mapping lesions that cause psychosis to a human brain circuit and proposed stimulation target
Andrew Pines, MD, MA, a resident in the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a researcher in the ...
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You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
While human livers and kidneys also showed increases ... However, samples from 2016, all from the part of the brain involved ...
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You might have a spoon's worth of microplastics - in your brain.
While human livers and kidneys also showed increases ... However, samples from 2016, all from the part of the brain involved in thoughts, emotions, judgment and memory, had substantially higher ...