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

Microglia are the brain's immune cells that clean out debris, such as damaged proteins and old cell parts, to keep the organ ...

For a long time, neuroscientists treated this forgetting as a cognitive glitch or a simple lack of brainware maturity. But a ...

Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function ...

A study by researchers from Fujita University reveals that hypernatremia enhances NFAT5 and NO production in microglia and minocycline mitigates this response. The image above is a schematic showing ...

According to the data, when microglia activity in the brain was suppressed, baby mice were better able to recall fearful experiences.

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

Scientists are unraveling the role of senescent cells in a common form of epilepsy, and it could point to new treatments.

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