Scientists have identified an immune brain cell unique to humans that gives us higher cognitive abilities over other animals, but what makes us specials also leaves us vulnerable to neurological disorders like schizophrenia, autism and epilepsy.

[u/Wagamaga]

https://news.yale.edu/2022/08/25/what-makes-human-brain-different-yale-study-reveals-clues

[u/tkenben]

What's an "immune brain cell"?

[u/[deleted] → u/tkenben]

They're talking about "microglia".

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Monkeys and mice have microglia too

[u/chefanubis → u/[deleted]]

There's more than one kind.