Microglia are the predominant immune response cells and professional phagocytes of the central nervous system (CNS) that have been shown to be important for brain development and homeostasis. These ...

Microglia are special cells in the human brain. Like a diligent ranger overseeing a forest and dealing with infestations and wildfires, microglia scan the brain environment for germs and initiate ...

They report that microglia engulf fewer RGC axon terminals in caspase 3 deficient animals (Figure 5), and that this preferentially occurs in silenced terminals, but this preferential effect is lost in ...

In the present study, via the condition knockout strategy to generate mosaic microglia population in adult zebrafish and mice, we revealed that the turnover and maintenance of microglia is ...

Multiple vehicles caught on fire inside a parking garage at the Disneyland Resort Friday afternoon. Emergency responders arrived at the scene quickly, though reports indicate there may have been ...

Plaques all but vanish in response to some Aβ immunotherapies. Scientists suspect microglia orchestrate the mop-up, but don’t know how, exactly. Now, David Gate of Northwestern University in Chicago ...

JUST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. WELL, INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO A CAUSE OF A FIRE THAT DESTROYED A MASSIVE CHICKEN BARN IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER TWO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON ...