Lingering inflammation from viruses like COVID-19 or HIV can take a lasting toll on the brain. New research shows exactly how specific immune system imbalances lead to memory lapses and slowed ...

Inflammation is a natural bodily process – but when it becomes chronic, it’s strongly linked with disease. Increasing evidence links inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, to mental health ...

Full details were published in a Nature paper titled, “Programs, origins and immunomodulatory functions of myeloid cells in glioma.” In it, the researchers explain that they used single-cell and ...

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Poor nutrition during pregnancy sets the stage for future brain health issues. Scientists discovered that a brief taste of unhealthy food in adulthood sparks massive inflammation in rats exposed to a ...

New research shows why coronavirus infection may lead to long COVID, with long-term effects on the lungs and brain, unlike influenza.

Researchers at Mass General Brigham have discovered that some psychedelic compounds appear to alter how the immune system communicates with the brain, offering hope that psychedelics have the ...

"Autism is not a processing error. It's a different operating system." –Sarah Hendrickx According to the National Institute of Mental Health, autism is a ...

Chronic inflammation occurs quietly in the body at first; but, over time, its effects move to organs and metabolism that ...