Brain immune cells protect neurons in Parkinson's disease by 'nibbling' harmful material

Researchers astatine the University of Oxford person uncovered a antecedently unrecognized protective relation for microglia, the brain's nonmigratory immune cells, successful Parkinson's disease. The survey shows that a chiseled colonisation of quality microglia tin selectively region harmful clumps (aggregates) of the Parkinson's-causing macromolecule alpha-synuclein from dopamine-producing neurons. The probe is published successful the diary Science Translational Medicine.