A chronic gut infection caused by a common virus may be linked to the progression of Alzheimer ’s disease, a new study has ...

This study describes a valuable new model for in vivo manipulation of microglia, exploring how mutations in the Adar1 gene within microglia contribute to Aicardi-Goutières Syndome. The methodology is ...

Researchers have discovered a link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of ...

A sequence of stress signals among specialized clean-up cells in the brain could at last reveal why some immune responses can ...

New treatments to slow the aging of the brain may be possible following a major breakthrough. American scientists have ...

Scientists mapped how aging alters gene expression across brain cell types in mice, revealing immune activation, neuronal ...

Gut-Brain Connection. People who have CD83+ microglia in their brains also have HCMV (top left) and IgG4 (top right) in their ...

Cornell researchers discovered that brain immune cells, called microglia, can partially break down Alzheimer’s amyloid ...

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's ...

Microglia are the primary immunological cells in the brain. They control injury repair, neural network maintenance, and brain development. In Alzheimer's ...