Researchers from the University of Utah have identified calcium as a key chemical signal that triggers microglia during obsessive-compulsive and anxiety-related behaviours in healthy mice, and in a mouse model of obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD) and chronic anxiety.
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Calcium in specialised immune cells could be key to anxiety behaviours, study in mice suggests
April 24, 2026Researchers from the University of Utah have identified calcium as a key chemical signal that triggers microglia during obsessive-compulsive and anxiety-related behaviours in healthy mice, and in a mouse model of obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD) and chronic anxiety.