Microglia are the brain’s resident innate immune cells and also have a role in synaptic plasticity. Microglial processes continuously survey the brain parenchyma, interact with synaptic elements and…
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La settimana scorsa si è concluso il 16esimo congresso internazionale dei Lipidi Bioattivi a St. Petersburg in Florida e il dott. Chiurchiù, ricercatore dell’Università Campus Bio-Medico e…
Read moreNEUROSpritz è una associazione che si occupa di organizzare serate a tema per divulgare notizie sulle neuroscienze. NEUROSpritz organizza serate di raccolta fondi per…
Read moreLa Società Italiana di Neurologia (SIN), in linea con il proprio Statuto, si propone di svolgere attività con finalità scientifiche e senza scopi di lucro. La Sin ha quindi deciso di finanziare in…
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There is now a growing appreciation of cross-talk between the nervous and immune systems. Here, Ribeiro et al. report that interleukin-17 (IL-17)–producing γδ T cells that arise early…
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Parkinson’s disease is characterized by massive motor impairment which is caused by the progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra (SN) in the mesencephalon. Heritable,…
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Neurogenic niches are important spots into the brain in which neural stem cells and other homeostatic populations harbour, and in which neurogenesis takes place. One of their well-renown limits is represented…
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Lack of remyelination and microglial activation in the central nervous system (CNS) are common features of several neurodegenerative diseases (e.g. multiple sclerosis, amiotrophic lateral sclerosis,…
Read moreA paper that advocated the efficacy of homeopathy on pain, published last october on Scientific Reports, was retracted today due to flaws in the experimental design Source: Retraction Watch…
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