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A neuron’s neighbors

March 14, 2025

The story behind the science: How discovery develops

June 25, 2020

Study reveals how glial cells may play key epilepsy role

April 30, 2019

Memory making involves extensive DNA breaking

July 06, 2021

How a mutation in microglia elevates Alzheimer’s risk

November 16, 2023

… microglia synapse neuroimmunology https://doi.org/10.1002/GLIA.24485 A new MIT study finds that microglia with mutant … to Alzheimer’s disease risk.” In the study in the journal GLIA , Tsai and Penney’s team shows that human microglia with …

Aging Brain Initiative Symposium

Key roles for astrocytes

… alone. Instead, they depend heavily on non-neuronal or “glia” cells for many important services including access to …

Troy Littleton

… Disease Early Life Stress Brain Imaging Activity Sensors Glia synapse formation synaptic transmission glia epilepsy neurological disorders NMJ 46-3251 617-452-2605 …

Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with David Kleinfeld, PhD, UCSD

… United States https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=46 Colloquium Glia Public Event Colloquium on the Brain and Cognition with …

Picower Graduate Fellows Alumni

… Leyla Akay Li-Huei Tsai Akay's research focuses on glia and myelination in the context of Alzheimer's disease. … is strongly linked to distinct functional states in glia, so in-depth morphological analysis of the whole-brain …