Immune Cells Protect Brain from Stroke (IMAGE)

Weill Cornell Medicine

Immune Cells Protect Brain from Stroke

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Immune cells (green) assemble in the outer coverings of a mouse's brain, called the meninges, protecting it from a stroke's full force. Gut bacteria modified the immune' cells behavior to elicit that protective response.

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Corinne Benakis

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