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Microglia Actively Regulate the Number of Functional Synapses

Microglia are the immunocompetent cells of the central nervous system. In the physiological setting, their highly motile processes continually survey the local brain parenchyma and transiently contact synaptic elements. Although recent work has shown that the interaction of microglia with synapses c...

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Autores principales: Ji, Kyungmin, Akgul, Gulcan, Wollmuth, Lonnie P., Tsirka, Stella E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3564799/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23393609
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056293