Microglia are the brain's immune cells that clean out debris, such as damaged proteins and old cell parts, to keep the organ ...

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile ...

As immune sentinels of the brain, microglia perk up during the preclinical stages of Alzheimer’s and related diseases. How they respond plays a strong hand in how disease progresses. As scientists ...

Blocking microglia prevents infant forgetting and improves memory in mice, suggesting they play a key role in memory ...

A study in mice suggests infantile amnesia is not a failure of memory, but a developmentally useful process guided by brain ...

Microglia, the primary immune cells in the brain, play vital roles in neurogenesis, homeostasis maintenance, synaptic plasticity, and brain development. They are widely used in monoculture for ...

According to the data, when microglia activity in the brain was suppressed, baby mice were better able to recall fearful experiences.

Babies of every species from mouse to human rapidly forget things that happen to them—an effect called infantile amnesia. A ...

New research published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity provides evidence that alcohol use disorder triggers a distinct type of immune response in the brain. The findings suggest that excessive ...