Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A ...

Move over, amyloid, reactive astrocytes and activated microglia may be the main drivers of the Alzheimer’s disease pathological cascade. In the November 6 Nature Neuroscience, scientists led by Pedro ...

Clusterin, we’re sorry—we misjudged you. Long cast as Aβ’s villainous sidekick (Jan 2014 news; Apr 2023 news), the chaperone now looks more like a friendly superhero. Provided, that is, our genes let ...

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different cell types in the brain—astrocytes and microglia—communicate in response to ...

Neurodegenerative diseases, traditionally viewed as driven by neuronal decline, are increasingly recognized to involve ...

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 ...

Chinese Medical Journals Publishing House Co., Ltd. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mental health condition that negatively affects the mood of a person and causes a loss of interest in ...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a mental health condition that negatively affects the mood of a person and causes a loss of interest in activities that were previously associated with happiness. In ...