Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some ...

One of the main findings of the research program is that focal microglial dysfunction and vascular inflammation are strongly correlated with the extent of neuronal damage in brain areas affected ...

New research shows that apathy and fatigue in advanced cancer are driven not by physical decline, but by inflammation-sensing ...

The traditional understanding of inflammation attributes the process ... also through central nervous system activity, meaning that brain states, perceptions, and emotional processes can directly ...

When something goes wrong before or during birth, doctors know the potential consequences are huge and often harmful; what ...

One of these is brain inflammation. Some recent studies have looked both at what might trigger this inflammation and at potential avenues to treat or prevent cognitive decline. An increasing ...

But a team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University has discovered that bacteria can invade the brain after a medical device is implanted, contributing to inflammation and reducing the ...

These findings suggest that inflammation-driven and anti-inflammatory signals interact directly with brain cells to shape mood and behavior. Immune molecules precision-target specific brain ...