Can immune cells protect your brain? Yes! Tregs act as gatekeepers, controlling inflammation and supporting memory formation ...

To interact with brain tissue and impact BBB function, EM radiation must penetrate the skin, skull, and meninges. Damage to brain tissue is dependent on the wavelength and amount of energy absorbed, ...

Stationed within the meninges, squads of immune cells lie in wait, ready to unleash an inflammatory assault within the brain if needed. Holding these trigger-happy troops back during peacetime falls ...

Avon’s Sarah Connor won’t be preparing to fight against the machines like the fictional character from the “Terminator” ...

Near-infrared light from the emitter (red optode) penetrates the scalp to pass through different biological tissues (e.g., skin, skull, CSF [cerebro-spinal fluid]/meninges, cortical brain tissue). The ...

The fossilized skull of a bird called Vegavis, which lived in the Antarctic some 68.7 million years ago, confirms it was an early member of the waterfowl group. However, the skull also suggests ...

A near complete skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird — a mallard duck-size creature related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today ...

The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the Mesozoic Era. The Late Cretaceous modern (crown) bird, Vegavis iaai, is diving ...

ic.ac.uk Neisseria meningitidis is remarkable for the diversity of interactions that the bacterium has with the human host, ranging from asymptomatic nasopharyngeal colonisation affecting virtually ...