Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown how the bacteria causing tuberculosis (TB) directly cross the brain's protective barrier, causing meningitis, a very severe form of the disease ...
Sleep serves as the brain's nightly clean-up crew, flushing out harmful oxygen-derived free radicals that accumulate during wakefulness, Chinese scientists have discovered in a landmark study. The ...
Live bacteria from the digestive system can travel directly into the brain when the intestinal barrier is weakened. This discovery offers a potential new explanation for how digestive health ...