Not exact matches
Contact between a
microglial immune
cell (purple) and a neuron (yellow),
with signaling particles being interchanged
Building on the evidence that microglia were in play during injury, the researchers conducted tests in zebrafish
with the specialized enzyme incorporated into both rod
cells and
microglial cells, removing both
cell types to ask what role microglia play during regeneration.
Microglial cells normally help
with repair in the body, but when over-activated they can promote unhealthy inflammation.
July 21, 2016 Antibiotic treatment weakens progression of Alzheimer's disease through changes in the gut microbiome Long - term treatment
with broad spectrum antibiotics decreased levels of amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, and activated inflammatory
microglial cells in the brains of mice in a new study by neuroscientists from the University of Chicago.
Long - term treatment
with broad spectrum antibiotics decreased levels of amyloid plaques, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, and activated inflammatory
microglial cells in the brains of mice in a new study by neuroscientists from the University of Chicago.
With the help of this grant, we are generating mice engineered to switch off the APOE gene only in microglia and performing molecular profiling without having to isolate
microglial cells first.
Scientists have found that a decrease in
microglial brain
cell function is associated
with Alzheimer's disease and other neurological problems.