Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the ...

A new study identified the tiny pollutants in the olfactory bulbs of eight cadavers, suggesting microplastics can travel ...

However, the new study suggests that there's "a potential pathway for the translocation of microplastics to the brain" via ...

For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain. Researchers in Germany and ...

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 ...

"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 ...

A study published in the journal JAMA Network Open and conducted by included researchers from the University of São Paulo ...

"Microplastics might have reached the olfactory bulb either through systemic circulation, crossing the blood-brain barrier, ...