To understand what causes Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of brain degeneration, scientists may need to look beyond the brain’s computational units, the neurons and synapses, and explore the vast infrastructure that supports them. Scientists have recognized for decades that the brains of people who die from advanced Alzheimer’s disease often exhibit severe damage to the...
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‘Cell atlas’ of brain vasculature connects stroke with novel immune cells
by University of California, San Francisco Cerebal vascular imaging. Credit: © Michel Royon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 In work that will enhance the study of such diseases as stroke and dementia, researchers at UC San Francisco have cataloged all the cells that form the blood vessels of the human brain, along with their locations...