Immune cell plays good cop, bad cop

Depending on where a neuron is injured, immune cells can either help or harm

Talk about a mixed blessing. A pair of new studies shows that immune cells known as macrophages can do an injured neuron good, or can impart further harm.

NEURON BULLIES This image from a new study published September 17 in the Journal of Neuroscience shows an axon from a spinal cord neuron struggling to grow.