The brain's big-eating immune cells can slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. This is shown by a study that is now published in Nature Aging. The brain's own immune cells are called ...

New research suggests that compulsive behavior may be less about willpower failure and more about inflammation quietly disrupting the brain’s reward and habit circuits. While the idea of “hidden brain ...

“Most people probably think that inflammation in the brain is something bad and that you should inhibit the inflammatory system in case of illness. But inflammation doesn’t just have to be negative,” ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. A new study uncovers interferon gamma as both a powerful blood-based signal of Alzheimer’s disease ( AD ) and a potential mechanistic bridge between genetic risk and damaging ...

Researchers rely on TSPO PET imaging to evaluate neuroinflammation in living people. But what does this signal actually measure? In a May 11 preprint on bioRxiv, researchers led by David Owen at ...

Microglia, immune cells of the brain, have recently gained recognition for their neuroprotective function; now meet the molecule that makes it happen. Researchers at University of Virginia Health ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that an immunosuppressive drug affects microglia, the resident immune cells of the brain. In mouse models, the drug reduced levels of guanosine ...

Persistent inflammation may influence neurodegeneration through microglial activation, yet evidence remains hypothesis driven ...

The idea that infiltrating T cells contribute to a neurodegenerative environment in aging and in Alzheimer’s disease has gotten another boost. In the June 27 Nature Neuroscience, scientists led by ...