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Iron-containing inflammatory cells seen in Alzheimer’s brains
July 21, 2015 by NewsBot
Examining post-mortem tissue from the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, investigators identified what appear to be iron-containing microglia in a particular part of the hippocampus, a key brain structure whose integrity is critical to memory formation.