Specialized immune cells ensure the balance and efficient operation of the brain. There is a group of "operators" in the brain.

There are "operators" in our brains? According to a report in "Cell" on the 6th, a new study jointly conducted by scientists from Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute in the United States showed for the first time that the delicate balance between inhibition and excitement in the brain is composed of highly specialized small glues.

The human brain receives countless signals every second

It is not easy for the brain to screen this endless flow of information.

Now, researchers have achieved the first observation through the most advanced imaging technology, and have determined that the "operator" of the brain's "balance behavior" between inhibition and excitement is at least partly composed of highly specialized microglia.

The study revealed for the first time that a group of specialized immune cells are "very suitable" for interacting with inhibitory synapses, and inhibitory synapses are the "connection points" that slow down the flow of information from cell to cell

The first author of the study, Emilia Favuz, said: "We have found that specialized immune cells and neuronal cells are critically involved in the early brain development process.

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