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The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent ...

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Lissencephaly is a devastating genetic disease of children that affects the embryonic development of the brain. It is caused ... access to this article via your institution. Figure 1: A rough ...

Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual disability and ...

But there are concerns. “I certainly don’t feel comfortable with this much plastic in my brain, and I don’t need to wait around 30 more years to find out what happens if the concentrations ...

The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans is revealing the molecular glitch behind a rare brain disorder. In lissencephaly – Greek for "smooth brain" – the cerebral cortex lacks characteristic convolutions ...

"We are completely disconnected from the environment." If you force yourself to keep going when you are tired, your brain copes by cranking its gear up to provide maximum horsepower for its ...