Microglia are long-lived tissue-resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS) and play a critical role in sculpturing developing neural circuits, maintaining the normal functions of the ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

More than seven million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, and two-thirds of them are women, according to the Alzheimer's Association. The O'Banion Lab at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at ...

Dementia has long been framed as a slow, irreversible loss of neurons, but a new line of research is shifting attention to ...

New research led by researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience has discovered that the immune cells in the brain, known as microglia, act differently in the male and female Alzheimer’s ...

Researchers have identified special immune cells in the brain that help slow Alzheimer’s. These microglia work to reduce inflammation and block the spread of harmful proteins. They appear to protect ...

In the past few years, scientists have been working hard to understand mental health conditions like autism, schizophrenia, ...

The central nervous system (CNS) has its own resident and dedicated battalion of immune cells, called microglial cells. However, they are far more than just immune cells and are critical in the health ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with ...

A significant, long-term reduction in calorie consumption resulted in a slowing of aging in the brain, according to a study of rhesus monkeys recently published in Aging Cell. The study was conducted ...