Microglial activity appears to determine when amyloid becomes biologically significant, reshaping how clinicians interpret ...

In the central nervous system, microglia have important roles in maintaining tissue homeostasis and responding to infection and injury. Microglia in the brain parenchyma originate from primitive ...

Tiny immune cells called microglia protect the central nervous system (CNS) in a multitude of ways: They provide innate ...

First Patient Expected to be Dosed Next Week with Intranasal ForalumabPET Scan Shows Presence of Untreated Neuroinflammation ...

Recent studies have shown variation in the gene-expression profile and phenotype of microglia across brain regions and between different age and disease states. But the molecular mechanisms that ...

New research published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity provides evidence that alcohol use disorder triggers a distinct type ...

Dr. Najat Khan of Recursion shared insights into the creation of the Microglia Map and what it could mean for future drug discovery.

Dominika Pilat, PhD, and Ana Griciuc, PhD, of the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital are the lead and senior authors of a paper published in Neuron, "The Gain-of-Function ...

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

When deprived of their ability to dispose of detritus via autophagy, microglia become annoyed, transitioning into a senescent, dysfunctional state. That was the upshot of a study published May 25 in ...

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease by latching on to them, forming a sort of external stomach and releasing ...