Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are challenging ... Addiction causes hundreds of changes in brain anatomy, chemistry, and cell-to-cell signaling, including in the ...

This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

Human uptake of microplastic particles (MPs) is causing increasing health concerns, and there is mounting pressure to evaluate the associated risks. While MPs can be ingested, breathed in, or drank in ...

Thus, the hair cells play a major role in the conversion of mechanical (acoustic) energy into electrical (neural) energy. Hair-cell loss and regeneration is currently an area of active investigation.