Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A ...

Tiny immune cells called microglia protect the central nervous system (CNS) in a multitude of ways: They provide innate immunity, shape neurodevelopment, maintain homeostasis and modulate neurological ...

Researchers have identified that microglia first help spread Alzheimer’s disease pathology across the brain and then activate to limit its neurodegenerative effects. Researchers from the VIB-KU Leuven ...

In tauopathies, scientists tend to focus on neuronal tau. They track its pathology and blame it for dysfunctional microglia. Now, researchers led by Celeste Karch at Washington University, St. Louis, ...