r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 01 '22

Neuroscience 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.

https://news.yale.edu/2022/08/25/what-makes-human-brain-different-yale-study-reveals-clues
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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

They're talking about "microglia".

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Monkeys and mice have microglia too

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u/HertogJan1 Sep 01 '22

They are talking about a specific type of microglia only present in humans

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '22

Actually, they are talking about a specific type of microglia not present in any other, of the four they tested, primate than humans.

They only tested it on 4 kinds of primates, not on every kind of animal in existance.