Some of the most important work of protecting the brain may depend on immune and other cell types, which make up a surprising 50% of the human brain. In this special Beyond Lab Walls video podcast episode—part of the Salk Institute’s 2026 Year of Brain Health—Salk President Dr. Gerald Joyce, médico y doctor en Medicina, speaks with Nicola Allen, doctora, a leading neuroscientist whose lab studies how non-neuronal brain cells shape brain function in health, aging, and disease.
