Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that an immunosuppressive drug affects microglia, the resident immune ...

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

A recent study has reported that microglia, the brain’s resident immune cells, play a central role in infantile amnesia in mice, with implications for how memories are stored, suppressed and ...

Alzheimer's disease is often measured in statistics: millions affected worldwide, cases rising sharply, costs climbing into the trillions. For families, the disease is experienced far more intimately.

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 ...

Blocking microglia prevents infant forgetting and improves memory in mice, suggesting they play a key role in memory formation.

By analyzing tissue from patients with Parkinson's disease, and animal and cellular models of the disease, a research team ...

Parkinson’s disease has long been defined by the slow, relentless loss of dopamine-producing neurons, with treatments focused ...