New research published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity provides evidence that alcohol use disorder triggers a distinct type of immune response in the brain. The findings suggest that excessive ...

Scientists discovered that lowering a specific molecule helps microglia switch into a protective state that quiets brain inflammation in Alzheimer’s. A small group of these cells seems to have an ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a highly debilitating neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of memory and decline of mental functions. Earlier research has uncovered some of the ...

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 ...

Recursion, Roche, and its Genentech subsidiary have unveiled the latest product of their nearly four-year artificial intelligence (AI) drug discovery collaboration, a whole-genome map of specialized ...

A type of brain cell that plays a vital role in maintaining neural networks and repairing injuries lies at the core of a promising newly published Nature study on Alzheimer’s disease from the USF ...

Immune cells in the brain exhibit distinct profiles in the brain and spinal cord of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a study finds. A better understanding of the cells, called ...

It’s hard to overstate how crucial microglia are to brain health. These humble immune cells quietly patrol the central nervous system, clearing debris, pruning synapses, and maintaining myelin. But ...

(Left) Correction of pathogenic Csf1r mutation by Mr BMT effectively rescues pathological changes in the brain, motor impairment and cognitive decline in ALSP mice. (Right) tBMT-mediated microglia ...

Mouse microglia got a genetic tune-up. On 9 June in Nature Aging, researchers led by Warren G. Tourtellotte at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles reported that expressing human ...

A new way to deliver disease-fighting proteins throughout the brain may improve the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, according to scientists. By engineering human ...