A Human-Specific Gene May Help Explain Our Extraordinary Brainpower
A human-specific gene may help explain why key brain cells mature so slowly and what that timing means…
Brain’s immune cells play key role in maintaining stability of neuronal networks in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that microglia – the main immune cells of the brain –…
Cancer-linked mutations in the brain cells may drive Alzheimer’s disease
As the body ages, cells naturally accumulate dozens of genetic mutations each year. New research from Boston Children’s…
Study outlines principles for using CAR immunotherapies to treat neurodegenerative diseases
A UAB research team defines the criteria that CAR immunotherapies for neurodegenerative diseases must meet to advance both conceptually…
Researchers propose that Parkinson’s disease may start in the gut, not the brain
Scientists propose that Parkinson’s disease may begin far from the brain, where environmental toxins, microbiome disruption, and intestinal…
Grant supports research into how microglia may spread toxic tau in Alzheimer’s
A researcher with the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio has…
Aging brains struggle to recycle synaptic proteins
As we age, we begin to lose the connections that wire up our brains-and neuroscientists aren’t sure why. …
Regulating microglial phagocytosis through immunotherapy could slow Parkinson’s disease progression
By analyzing tissue from patients with Parkinson’s disease, and animal and cellular models of the disease, a research…
New atlas of brain lysosomes sheds light on neurodegenerative disorders
Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when…
Study shows DHPS enzyme controls macrophage maturation across multiple organs
A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Johns…
Suppressing brain immune cells enhances memory recall in young mice
Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them-an effect called infantile…
Blocking microglia can prevent infantile amnesia
Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting (“infantile amnesia”) and…