Glioma, tumors that form in the glial cells of the brain and spinal cord, can present as benign (non-cancerous) or malignant ...

It's only during the last few decades that neuroglia, a diverse group of cells found in the brain that perform a variety of ...

Scientists have successfully reprogrammed astroglia, a type of brain support cell, into neurons that mimic specific ...

An analysis of brains at various stages of Alzheimer's found that neurons called inhibitory neurons are the first to be affected by the disease.

It seems like not a day goes by without billionaire Elon Musk making headlines. The boss of X (formerly Twitter), Tesla and SpaceX is the world's richest person and has used his platform to make ...

How does the brain store—and access—our memories? While our understanding of the brain has (thankfully) developed greatly from the days of removing cerebral tissue to see what would happen, a precise ...

Here they show that hiPSC-derived neural stem/progenitor cells are able to stably engraft and generate glia cells in transplanted mouse brains with no evidence of tumor formation. Qin, Dong ...

Dr Rahul Jandial says dementia doesn't have to be an inevitable part of ageing as lifestyle changes can protect you ...

Research published in the journal Glia has identified crucial links between dietary choices and the progression of multiple ...

In the past, glial cells from the central nervous system (CNS) and enteric nervous system (ENS) were identified as supportive cells for neurons, which had a central role in health and disease ...