A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

While amyloid β plaques are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), recent research suggests that they aren’t the only players in the neurodegenerative disorder. Genome-wide association studies and RNA ...

A recent study has reported that microglia, the brain’s resident immune cells, play a central role in infantile amnesia in mice, with implications for how memories are stored, suppressed and ...

A microglia replacement approach demonstrates that brain macrophages with patient mutations from Aicardi–Goutières syndrome, a genetic, brain predominant interferonopathy, are sufficient to drive ...

Good managers set the tone for the whole team, encouraging positive behavior from everyone around them. In the November 5 Nature, scientists introduce a subtype of microglia that appears to do just ...

Blocking microglia prevents infant forgetting and improves memory in mice, suggesting they play a key role in memory ...

Researchers have unraveled how immune cells called microglia can transform and drive harmful processes like neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease. The study also integrates drug databases with real ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile amnesia") and improves memory in mice, suggesting that microglia may ...

Imagine your brain as a high-end restaurant. Normally, the kitchen is remarkably efficient: fresh ingredients (proteins) ...

Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A ...