glia Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Not just a ‘bad guy,’ Tau also plays a ‘good guy’ role protecting our brains

August 30, 2024 Alzheimer's Disease, glia, lipid droplets, neuronal damage, Research, ROS, tau

This study opens the door to potential new strategies to slow, reverse and treat neurodegenerative conditions.

Brain sphingolipid metabolism is closely involved in Gaucher disease

July 19, 2022 Gaucher disease, glia, glucosylceramide, lipid metabolism, lysosomes, neurodegenerative disease, neurons, Parkinson's Disease, Research, sphingolipid

Disruption of sphingolipid metabolism led to neurodegeneration in animal models, revealing a new molecular path to Gaucher’s disease.

From The Labs

Alzheimer’s disease risk genes alter neuroprotective mechanism

January 13, 2022 ABCA1 agonist, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's genetic risk factors, glia, lipid droplets, neuroprotection, Research, ROS

New insights into factors involved in Alzheimer’s disease support that multiple alterations at the genetic and other cellular levels combine to induce the disease.

From The Labs

Baylor College of Medicine celebrates research excellence with DeBakey Awards

October 7, 2021 Allzhemier's, Autism, brain coding, brain function, COVID vaccine, DeBakey Research Awards, Diabetes, glia, liver disease, Research

The 2021 DeBakey Research Awards go to: Dr. Benjamin Deneen, Dr. Hana El Sahly, Dr. Fasiha Kanwal, Dr. Nuo Li and Dr. Zheng Sun.

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Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease

April 7, 2020 ACOX1, glia, lipids, Mitchell disease, Neurodegeneration, rare disease, Research

When a patient with puzzling neurological symptoms enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, researchers led by Dr. Hugo J. Bellen were set on solving the