GFAP, or glial fibrillary acidic protein, supports star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes that help maintain nerve cell ...

Moli Morgon, a young British woman, experienced seizures during a Turkish holiday initially suspected as heatstroke. Upon returning home, doctors discovered a 4cm cancerous glioma, a brain tumor, on ...

In the hippocampus, a critical brain region for learning and memory, new cells emerge in some people into late adulthood, ...

Damaged brain tissue can be re-grown using a new method that lets researchers guide stem cells into exactly the type of brain cells they need for a particular spot. They're targeting new ...

“Glial cells are present in many organs,” said Pachnis, “so it’s possible they also play similar roles in maintaining healthy tissue and mounting appropriate responses to pathogens or ...

But in tissue from Alzheimer’s patients, the system appeared to break down. The glial cells became swollen and malformed, and their projections expanded into large, bulbous structures packed ...

In their study, published in Nature today (20 October), researchers studied the role of enteric glial cells in response to tissue damage.

In their study, published in Nature today (20 October), researchers studied the role of enteric glial cells in response to tissue damage.

The UAB researchers found that treatment with SRI-42127 suppressed HuR translocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm in LPS-activated glial cells, both in tissue culture and in mice. SRI-42127 also ...