Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a highly debilitating neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive loss of memory and decline of mental functions. Earlier research has uncovered some of the ...
This article is based on a poster originally authored by Malika Bsibsi, A. Popalzij, Matteo Zanella, Lieke Geerts, Mark Musters, Inês Ferreira, Stefan Kostense, David F. Fischer and Marijn Vlaming, ...
A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, and Travis E. Faust, PhD, at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different cell types in the brain—astrocytes and microglia—communicate in response to ...
A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...
Microglia are a type of immune cell that works as a ‘janitor’ to the central nervous system that clears out dead cells and other debris. But when these janitor cells themselves die, other microglia ...
In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers presented a transcriptomic atlas of multiple brain regions in individuals with and without Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Post-mortem AD ...
Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a healing mechanism that could one day be harnessed to help treat patients with spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurological conditions such as multiple ...