Traumatic brain injury, stroke, and degenerative diseases elicit complex pathogenic cascades involving glial cells such as astrocytes, microglia, and ...

A new therapy offers hope for treating pediatric brain tumors, targeting cancer cells while minimizing side effects for young ...

Exposure to acute psychological trauma prior to blast neurotrauma results in alternative behavioral outcomes. - ...

Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) levels peak around 24 hours after traumatic brain injury (TBI) 2. Higher GFAP levels ...

In a recently published review, researchers led by Prof. Wu Qingfeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology ...

5, 2024 — Researcher have uncovered a new cell type in the human brain that fires electrical impulses. The cells are hybrids, part neuron and part glia, and are present in both glioma ...

We provide the first evidence of in vivo physiological reprogramming of glial cells into other glial identities and into new neurons in the adult brain. Glial cells play a crucial role in the ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Scientists used positron emission tomography (PET) with edaravone, a drug used to treat ALS, to detect oxidative stress, which leads to brain damage, offering a clear path to ...

Poor sleep among older adults is linked to disruptions in the brain's "waste removal system," according to researchers at The ...

The Neurological and Cognitive Examination Primary Brain Tumor A primary brain tumor can originate from a number of different cells in the brain, such as glial cells (glioma), astrocytes (astrocytoma) ...

New research by Yale has found an association between exposure to chemicals commonly used in firefighting and incidence of a ...