by UT Southwestern Medical Center Immunofluorescent staining of Npc1-deficient mouse cerebellum, with Purkinje neurons in red, activated microglia in green, and nucleus in blue. Massive microglia infiltration and loss of Purkinje neurons cause severe neurological disease in Niemann-Pick disease type C. Credit: Ting-Ting Chu UT Southwestern researchers have identified an immune protein tied to the rare neurodegenerative condition...
