This study was an opportunity to look for the presence of microplastics in the olfactory bulbs of the human brain. The olfactory bulbs are a critical component of people’s ability to smell.

16 in the JAMA Network Open journal explains how microplastics in the human brain can affect an important part of our daily ...

Researchers have identified a potential diagnostic tool for schizophrenia by measuring brain cell activity between the ...

The odor molecules are thought to activate sensory neurons in the nose, which then send signals to the olfactory bulb. The signals are thought to travel from here to regions of the brain such as ...

This important study partially fills the gap in the knowledge of olfaction at the level of the Anterior Olfactory Nucleus (AON) and Piriform Cortex with functional magnetic resonance imaging, ...

Human Brain Cancers Fire Electrical Impulses -- Researchers Reveal Unexpected Hybrid Cell Spiking the Signals Sep. 5, 2024 — Researcher have uncovered a new cell type in the human brain that ...

By scanning the brains of people while they watched movie clips, neuroscientists have created the most detailed functional ...

A brain tumor (also called an intracranial tumor) is a cluster of abnormal cells that grows in or around your brain. There are over a hundred types of tumors that develop in the human brain.

The human brain includes two hemispheres connected by a bundle of nerves. The left hemisphere controls movement for the right side of the body, while the right hemisphere directs the left side.

Aug. 1, 2024 — Strokes lead to irreversible damage to the brain and are one of the most common causes of dependency or death. As the cellular reactions to a cerebral infarction are not yet fully ...