https://www.wired.com/story/the-tiny-brain-cells-that-connect-our-mental-and-physical-health/
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Backchannel
01.21.2020 08:00 AM
The Tiny Brain Cells That Connect Our Mental and Physical Health
A new understanding of long-overlooked cells called microglia is challenging the assumption that body and brain function are completely independent.
“Stevens and Barres weren’t sure what was eating away at these tagged synapses, causing them to disappear in the brain, but Stevens had a hunch that it might have something to do with microglia.”