by Michael McCarthy, University of Washington School of Medicine Photomicrograph of microglia (green) from a brain affected by Alzheimer’s disease shows enlarged lysosomes (pink), a sign the cell’s housekeeping duties have been disrupted. Credit: Lexi Cochoit, UW Neuroinflammation Lab Immune cells in the brains of people who had Alzheimer’s disease appear to behave differently than those...
by Nanyang Technological University An image of brain immune cells called microglia (green) clustering around a build-up of toxic beta amyloid (red). Credit: LKCMedicine/NTU Singapore A newly discovered “energy switch” in the immune cells of the brain may lead to the development of drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Nanyang Technological...
by The Scripps Research Institute Many cases of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) may result from problems in immune cells that normally work to trim back unneeded brain connections in early life, suggests a new study led by scientists at Scripps Research. The study, published Tuesday in Nature Communications, examined the effects of a set of...
