Alternative approach to the study of neuroinfections

The central nervous system, and in particular the brain, is an especially protected area of the body. It contains special immune cells called microglia that survey and respond to danger signals. A team of researchers from the Institute for Experimental Infection Research at TWINCORE in Hannover has now been able to show that previous approaches to studying microglia can alter their activation status. In a recent publication in the Journal of Neuroinflammation, they propose an alternative method.