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·May 19, 2017·3 min read

New Robust and Efficient Method For Deriving Microglia From Human Stem Cells

New protocol will allow researchers to generate microglia from individual patients.

Featured Genetics Neurology

·April 27, 2017·5 min read

A Molecular Trigger For Brain Inflammation

Findings could help guide researchers to develop new drugs to treat Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological diseases.

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·April 25, 2017·4 min read

Skin Stem Cells Used to Generate New Brain Cells

Researchers generate microglia from stem cells derived from the skin. They believe their findings could help advance the understanding of the role microglia plays in Alzheimer's.

Image shows a brain of a person with frontotemporal dementia.

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·April 24, 2017·5 min read

Inflammatory Pathways Link to Obsessive Behaviors in Frontotemporal Dementia

Researchers link obsessive behaviors in frontotemporal dementia to immune pathways and suggest targeting the immune system could be a new strategy for the treatment of FTD.

Image shows the chemical structure of GABA, a neurotransmitter implicated in schizophrenia.

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·March 14, 2017·6 min read

New Clues to Schizophrenia

According to new studies, people with schizophrenia have lower levels of GABA and altered immune cells in the brain.

Featured Neurology Pain

·March 2, 2017·4 min read

Sex Differences in Brain Activity Alter Pain Therapies

The microglia in women's brains are more active in regions involved in pain processing, a new study reports.

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·January 19, 2017·5 min read

Curb Your Immune Enthusiasm

Researchers discover a way in which to prevent immune attacks on viruses used as therapeutic treatments.

Featured Neurology

·January 18, 2017·7 min read

Toxic Brain Cells May Drive Many Neuodegenerative Disorders

A new study reports astrocytes may be a driving force behind a number of neurodegenerative diseases.

Image shows human neuronal cells can be cultured from aged adult brain.

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·January 17, 2017·5 min read

First Cell Culture of Live Adult Human neurons Shows Potential of Brain Cell Types

Researchers successfully grew adult human neurons from tissue donated from surgery patients. The researchers were able to identify at least 5 brain cell types and the potential proteins each cell could make.

Featured Neurology

·January 10, 2017·5 min read

Drug That Aids Injured Adult Brains May Exacerbate Cognitive Problems in Kids

A new study reports that when minocycline is given to new born rats following a head injury, cognitive deficits are exacerbated.

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·January 10, 2017·3 min read

Microglia Cells Renew Themselves Quicker Than First Thought

The turn over of microglia cells is at least ten times faster than previously predicted, allowing for entire renewal of microglia a number of times during ones lifetime, a new study reports.