Despite its growing role in tracking MS activity, serum neurofilament light chain lacks diagnostic specificity, experts say.

UT Southwestern Scientists have identified the protein GADD45G as a master regulator of reactive gliosis, a damaging process ...

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Glial cells, once thought to serve only supportive roles in the brain, are now recognized as active participants in neural processing. Comprising ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating, debilitating, and life-altering condition that currently lacks a definitive cure or highly effective treatment ...

MotoAmerica makes history, becoming the first professional sports organization to implement Abbott Laboratories’ i-STAT TBI blood test for on-site concussion ev ...

"We used in vivo imaging to record glial and neural activity in awake and sleeping flies under a microscope," explained Flores-Valle. "To do this, we kept flies comfortable and fed them every few ...

Husniye Kantarci was part of a team that discovered the role of glial cells in controlling neural development, learning and numerous diseases. Husniye Kantarci and Brad Zuchero (left to right) and ...

“In the last few years there has been growing appreciation that glial cells may contribute to many diseases of the brain, from epilepsy to Alzheimer’s,” said Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center ...

In the journal Cell Reports, Fred Hutch neuroscientist Aakanksha Singhvi, PhD, and her team report that a single glial cell uses different molecules to communicate with different neurons.

A similar glial reckoning is now happening in the gut. A number of studies have pointed to the varied active roles that enteric glia play in digestion, nutrient absorption, blood flow, and immune ...