Emily Jacobs’ lab at UC Santa Barbara have shed light on this understudied area with the first-ever map of a human brain over ...

A first-of-its-kind case study has highlighted the ways in which the brain changes throughout pregnancy, including decreases ...

Neuroscientist Liz Chrastil got the unique chance to see how her brain changed while she was pregnant and share what she ...

Scientists in Brazil have found more evidence of microplastics infiltrating the human body. While it has been previously ...

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

A 4% decrease in grey matter Grey matter, the part of the brain responsible for processing information and containing the connections between neurons, showed a significant reduction during ...

Researchers have created one of the first comprehensive maps of how the brain changes throughout pregnancy, substantially improving upon understanding of an understudied field.

The superior colliculus is a midbrain region that is traditionally thought to help animals orient themselves toward important locations in space, like directing their eyes and head toward a bright ...

Whether these ubiquitous pollutants can reach the human brain has been a primary concern for scientists. The latest research looked at a part of the brain called the olfactory bulb, which ...

The threads and microplastic pieces were discovered in the olfactory bulb, the part of the nose responsible for detecting odors that sits at the base of the brain. “Once present in this ...