A cross-section of the spinal cord showing neurons and glial cells. (Juan Carlos Juarez Jaramillo/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A ...

A researcher with the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio has received a two-year, $402,500 grant award from the Cure Alzheimer's Fund to ...

Summary: A collaborative neurobiology study uncovered a cellular mechanism tied to the severe, rapid progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). Published by a multidisciplinary team analyzing human ...

From everyday actions like walking and talking to feats of athletic or academic excellence, the brain is constantly acquiring and seamlessly processing information to produce these incredible ...

Microglia are known to be important to brain function. The immune cells have been found to protect the brain from injury and infection and are critical during brain development, helping circuits wire ...

Conventional wisdom holds that microglia are the main phagocytes of the brain, mopping up dead cells and debris. The reality is more complicated, according to scientists led by Jaime Grutzendler at ...

New study shows that microglia cells 'listen in' to neighboring neurons and change to match them. From everyday actions like walking and talking to feats of athletic or academic excellence, the brain ...