Microplastics have moved from distant ocean gyres into the most intimate of places: the human brain. A growing body of ...

Focused ultrasound with microbubbles is a noninvasive procedure that transiently opens the blood-brain barrier (BBB) using low-intensity sound waves. The openings reseal within 24 hours. Using MRI to ...

A new review highlights five major ways microplastics can harm the brain, raising concerns that they may worsen ...

Focused ultrasound is just one strategy researchers are using to get drugs into the brain. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology Review's weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it ...

In a recent primer paper published in the journal Current Biology, researchers elucidated the structure and function of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). It highlights the BBB as a complex, dynamic ...

Chronic alcohol consumption quietly destabilizes one of the brain’s most vital defenses-the blood-brain barrier (BBB)-through ...

Use of MRI-guided focused ultrasound with standard chemotherapy is safe and may improve outcomes for people with glioblastoma ...

Leakiness in the brain could explain the memory and concentration problems linked to long COVID. In patients with brain fog, MRI scans revealed signs of damaged blood vessels in their brains, ...