Day: May 11, 2026

Scientists at the University of Utah have discovered that brain immune cells called microglia use calcium signals to trigger and respond to anxiety and compulsive grooming in mice. Our brain is running a surveillance system around the clock. Not through neurons firing across synapses but through immune cells called microglia. And according to a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, these tiny cells active participants in how we feel anxiety, develop compulsive habits, and potentially, how things go wrong in disorders like OCD. The research, led by Naveen Nagarajan and…