Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that microglia—the main immune cells of the brain—play a critical role ...

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. While scientists are ...

A drug originally developed for spinal cord injury may offer a fresh approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease. In mouse ...

Inflammation is a natural bodily process – but when it becomes chronic, it’s strongly linked with disease. Increasing evidence links inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, to mental health ...

Inflammation in the hippocampus -- the brain's memory center -- significantly alters motivation and behavior in mice, according to new research. Inflammation in the hippocampus -- the brain's memory ...

A new brain imaging study led by researchers at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), published in eBioMedicine, ...

A brain imaging study found evidence of dopamine system injury in people with long COVID, offering a possible explanation for ...

In recent years, there's been a growing awareness of neuroinflammation, an immune response in the brain. Research suggests that chronic inflammatory activation could be a central driver behind many ...

Brain inflammation, while a crucial part of the body's immune response, takes on a detrimental role in Alzheimer's disease. Unlike the acute, short-lived inflammation that combats infection, the ...

A molecule linked to chronic inflammation disrupts the brain's ability to create new neurons, uncovering a pathway with ...

Credit: Getty Images Our work suggests that targeting the brain-muscle axis could offer new treatment strategies for muscle fatigue. Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s ...