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Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·June 10, 2015·3 min read

The Role of Astrocytes in Brain Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Disease

According to a new study, astrocytes abandon their role in protecting and repairing neural damage when primed by the degeneration of cells around them.

Image shows a graphic from the research paper.

Featured Genetics

·January 6, 2016·6 min read

Regeneration and Growth of Injured Peripheral Nerves Accelerated With Help of Protein

Researchers demonstrate the regenerative dynamics of CCL2.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·January 5, 2020·3 min read

Early prevention of neuropathic pain

Intercepting CCL2 with specific antibodies may provide an early intervention for chronic neuropathic pain.

This shows immune cells in the choroid plexus

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·October 9, 2020·5 min read

The Choroid Plexus: A Conduit for Prenatal Inflammation?

Mouse study reveals the choroid plexus can act as a conduit for inflammation that can arise from maternal inflammation, impacting fetal brain development.