During ketamine anesthesia, the brain's nerve cells fall silent—as consciousness returns, they begin to reconnect. For the ...

Microglia are the most common immune cells in the brain, where they defend against intruders and engulf damaged neurons. Now, ...

For decades, the disrupted sleep that torments many people with Alzheimer’s disease was treated as a byproduct of the sticky ...

Rosa Chiara Paolicelli's team at the Department of Biomedical Sciences of Unil uncovered a new role for the TDP-43 protein in controlling the function of microglia, the immune cells of the brain.

Microglia are the most common immune cells in the brain, where they defend against intruders and engulf damaged neurons.

In the new study, experiments with mice and with human cells revealed human-specific duplicates of SRGAP2 cause human ...

Researchers say findings underscore that microglia serve as a relevant interface between the endocrine stress response and ...

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease by latching on to them, forming a sort of external stomach and releasing ...

As you read this sentence, an army of cells patrols your brain. These soldiers slip around neurons, using their gangly appendages to search for threats. If one of them detects a pathogen or injury, it ...

The idea that infiltrating T cells contribute to a neurodegenerative environment in aging and in Alzheimer’s disease has gotten another boost. In the June 27 Nature Neuroscience, scientists led by ...