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 ...

Microglia have different states depending on the environment they find themselves in, from an inactive state through to an ...

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 ...

Microglia, the brain's immune cells, can shift from protective roles to secreting inflammatory messengers like interleukin-12 (IL-12) as the brain ages, potentially accelerating Alzheimer's disease.