Microglial Activation: Understanding Neuroinflammation’s Origins

AuthorsTake: Microglial activation and tau transmission aggravated by Galectin-3 in tauopathy: https://buff.ly/41ZcBrI In this episode, Yijuang Chern and Jian Jing Siew discuss the novel role of Gal3 in the regulation of extracellular vesicles, promotion of pathogenic tau fibrillation, and microglial activation. Article: https://buff.ly/3O7LlBU | Journal of Clinical Investigation

In Vivo Dynamics of Retinal Microglial Activation During Neurodegeneration: Confocal Ophthalmoscopic Imaging and Cell Morphometry in Mouse Glaucoma

🧠 What Really Happens to Your Brain When You Don’t Sleep 😴⚠️ Missing a few nights of sleep might feel manageable — but inside your brain, something alarming begins to unfold. A new study reveals that long-term sleep deprivation triggers an overproduction of immune cells, especially microglia and astrocytes — the brain’s cleanup crew. Here’s what that means 👇 🧹 Astrocytes, responsible for clearing out old connections, start over-cleaning — literally dissolving healthy synapses and neural debr

Introduction to neural cell types

Building bridges between cells for brain health: Research finds microglia rescue neurons through tunneling nanotubes