Research, led by teams at Trinity College Dublin and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center, has pinpointed the mechanism ...

A “leaky” blood-brain barrier is the “key link” between repetitive head injuries and poor long-term brain health in retired athletes, new research from Trinity College Dublin has found. Sport-related ...

MIT researchers have discovered that two common genetic mutations that cause Rett syndrome each set off a molecular chain of events that compromises the structural integrity of developing brain blood ...

For decades, scientists have struggled to understand exactly how years of taking hits to the head while playing sports can translate into severe memory loss and dementia later in life. The work is a ...

In this detail of a figure from the paper, Rett syndrome endothelial cells (right) show less expression of ZO-1 (green), a key protein for forming a tight seal in blood vessels. Control cells (left) ...

New research led by teams at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has identified for the first time what causes some sports injuries to result in poor brain health in retired athletes.

A high-fat diet can cause the intestinal lining to weaken, allowing live gut bacteria to travel directly to the brain in mice ...

Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, ...

Trinity College researchers identified a breakdown in the blood-brain barrier between repetitive head injuries in sports such as rugby and boxing and long-term health and cognitive issues ...

A new study shows that a high fat diet may weaken the gut barrier and allow bacteria to travel toward the brain through the vagus nerve.

Discover how dietary factors could affect how live bacteria "leak" from the gut microbiome to enter the brain, potentially triggering neurological conditions.

Eating too many high fats? It could cause your gut bacteria to invade your brain - More than half of Americans’ daily diet is ultraprocessed, with products high in fats and sugars ...