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Microglia in the aging brain: relevance to neurodegeneration
Microglia cells are the brain counterpart of macrophages and function as the first defense in the brain. Although they are neuroprotective in the young brain, microglia cells may be primed to react abnormally to stimuli in the aged brain and to become neurotoxic and destructive during neurodegenerat...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2852379/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20334662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-1326-5-12 |