First, because astrocytes and microglia are very different types of cells. One should not dismiss the presence of microglial cells in astroglial cultures with the thought that "after all ...

Transplanting microglia derived from human stem cells into mice reveals new possibilities for treating neurodegenerative eye diseases.

Torrents of data from cell atlases, brain organoids and other methods are finally delivering answers to an age-old question.

As they became stuffed with indigestible aggregates, however, their behavior changed. Microglia sidled up to neurons, wrapping their processes around these cells to partially engulf them. The covered ...

Microglia are primary immune cells in the central nervous system. They are known to play critical roles in brain development, homeostasis, and neurological disorders. Recent research has ...

raspberries and strawberries contain concentrated plant chemicals called flavonoids which help to control microglial cell ...

A team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and BGI Research has uncovered the intricate mechanisms by ...

David Walt, the Hansjörg Wyss Professor of Bioinspired Engineering at HMS and professor of pathology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is operating at a microscopic level, observing cell abnormalities ...

Reducing microglial activity in the presence of apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4) has uncovered a mechanism associated with the deposition of misfolded amyloid and tau in a novel mouse model of Alzheimer’s ...

The early phase was marked by inflammatory changes in the brain’s immune cells (microglia) and support cells (astrocytes). This wasn’t surprising given that previous studies had implicated ...

The study by Power and colleagues is important as elucidating the dynamic immune responses to photoreceptor damage in vivo potentiates future work in the field to better understand the disease process ...

They used these tools to map the active genes, DNA structure, and precise location ... they found inflammatory changes in the brain's immune cells (microglia) and support cells (astrocytes ...