Autoimmunity and Alzheimer’s. People with autoimmune disorders in the UCSF (left) and Stanford medical systems (right) were ...

Sex Delta by Cell Type. In men with Alzheimer’s (top left), B cells (red boxes) were fewer (blue), while NK cells (blue boxes ...

Slow the Spread. In the mouse brain, phospho-synuclein pathology (green) accumulates (top) in, from left to right, the motor ...

The blood-CSF barrier has been far less studied than the blood-brain barrier. Scientists have detected age-related changes in ...

The fragments also directly compromise synapses they encounter along the way, according to a preprint posted February 24 on bioRxiv. Specifically, tau fragments containing the microtubule binding ...

Erythropoietin-producing hepatoma (Eph) receptors, including EphA4, are expressed on the cell surface and involved in brain development, which involves extensive pruning of synapses. A variant in ...

Bottlebrush Barrier. The glycocalyx layer (purple, left) that coats brain blood vessels consists of numerous glycoproteins, ...

This noninvasive approach attempts to modulate the noradrenergic system of the locus coeruleus by stimulating the vagal nerve. It uses electrodes clipped on the outer ear to stimulate the auricular ...