“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who conducted the research while working in human genetics at the University of ...

Move over protein plaques; a groundbreaking study reveals that fat-clogged immune cells are the real culprits behind brain ...

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

Neuropathic pain that results from damage to the nervous system results from the pathological operation of the nervous system Activated microglia in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord are necessary ...

The researchers say this discovery brings a new understanding of Alzheimer’s disease. Fat deposits in microglia and ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with ...

Researchers have identified special immune cells in the brain that help slow Alzheimer’s. These microglia work to reduce inflammation and block the spread of harmful proteins. They appear to protect ...

The central nervous system (CNS) has its own resident and dedicated battalion of immune cells, called microglial cells. However, they are far more than just immune cells and are critical in the health ...

For the first time, real-time imaging tracks what happens to cancer cells arriving in the brain, identifying a new strategy to prevent brain tumors. Published in Cancer Research, a journal of the ...

A significant, long-term reduction in calorie consumption resulted in a slowing of aging in the brain, according to a study ...