"It's pretty alarming." New research suggests vulnerable spot in blood-brain barrier allows microplastic penetration — here's ...

It is in the nose, where there are special nerves, the olfactory nerves, that detect smells. The olfactory nerves run from ...

Microglia are the brain's resident immune cells. Their job is to patrol the brain's blood vessels looking for invading ...

"So when you breathe through your nose, your olfactory nerve directly samples particles and reacts to the particles that you are inhaling as a direct sensory mechanism," said Dr. Wells Brambl ...

The theory of odors hitherto accepted, has been, that invisible particles, emanating from bodies, and coming in contact with the olfactory nerves, produce the sensation of smell. Substances to be ...

Connecting the olfactory bulb and the nasal cavity is the olfactory nerve. Some researchers worry the olfactory pathway may also be an entry point for microplastics getting into the brain ...

which are connected to each nasal cavity by the olfactory nerve. Olfactory bulbs help detect and process scents and odors, passing information from the nose to the brain. Microplastics have been ...

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Oct. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NeOnc Technologies Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage medical ...

For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain. Researchers in Germany and Brazil say that 8 out of 15 autopsied adults had microplastics detected ...

It is in the nose, where there are special nerves, the olfactory nerves, that detect smells. The olfactory nerves run from the inside of the nose, through the skull, and then directly into part of ...

Small plastic particles are everywhere: in the soil where our food is grown, in the water we drink and in the air we breathe. They got there from the plastic we throw away, which ends up in landfill ...