Acting as natural computers, our brains contain trillions of cells to store memory and control the body’s functions and emotions.  Around one in ten of the countless cells in the human brain are microglia, regulating the first and main contact in the central nervous system’s active immune defense as well as guiding healthy brain development. Researchers have proposed microglia pluck off and eat synapses, connections … Continue reading Microglia filmed shaping synapses for the first time.