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The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon’s Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent ...
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Infographic: How to Make a Brain Organoid
View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. To grow brain organoids, researchers have traditionally cultured human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which develop into clumps of ...
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Infographic: How Exposure to Cannabis in Utero Affects Development
CB1R is present in the human fetal cerebrum by the first weeks of the second trimester, and is the brain’s most abundant G-protein coupled receptor. Located at the presynaptic terminal of neurons, ...