They’re growing miniature 3D brains from stem cells. These aren’t your fictional mad scientists’ brains in a vat; they’re ...

A new study, led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, have generated the first comprehensive transcriptional atlas of neonatal mouse meningeal leukocytes, under normal conditions and after ...

How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain's lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand ...

The complex human brain controls who we are: how we think, feel, and act. It gives meaning to our world and our place in it. The brain also controls all major body functions. The brain is housed in ...

Evidence that the brain harbors its own cadre of immune cells continues to grow. In the July 12 Nature Neuroscience, researchers led by Gerd Meyer zu Hörste, University Hospital Münster, Germany, ...

The blood–central nervous system (CNS) barriers are tight and protect the brain parenchyma from insults, including those of infectious origin. This barrier function is due to the presence of tight ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...

The brain and spinal cord were once thought to enjoy immune privilege, meaning they were believed to be largely insulated from immune activity elsewhere in the body. In recent years, however, ...