A fall on the head, a blow to the skull, or a road traffic accident—the causes of traumatic brain injury are diverse, but the ...

A research team has identified different subtypes of white matter (WM) astrocytes, including a unique type with the ability to multiply and potentially aid in brain repair. Using single-cell RNA ...

The Alzheimer's disease pathological cascade unfolds in the brain over decades, amidst a menagerie of cell types reacting to change. How, and when, does each cell type contribute to the process? A ...

A newly published study in Protein and Cell identifies glutamine synthetase, an enzyme concentrated in brain support cells ...

Increased expression of the Ang‐II (Angiotensin II) precursor AGT in aged astrocytes lead to increased Ang‐II signaling from aged astrocytes to endothelium, thus increasingblood–brain barrier (BBB) ...

Scientists have developed a promising new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease by turning ordinary brain cells into powerful plaque-clearing machines. Instead of requiring frequent antibody ...

For more than a century, the story of the brain has been told as a tale of neurons, with every thought and memory traced to their electrical chatter. That narrative is now being rewritten as evidence ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Could a single nucleotide switch safeguard decades of brain health before Alzheimer’s sets in? Researchers know that this is what the rare apolipoprotein E3 Christchurch variant does, but how it pulls ...

Why are we able to recall only some of our past experiences? A new study led by Jun Nagai at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan has an answer. Surprisingly, it turns out that the brain cells ...