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Microglial depletion alters the brain neuroimmune response to acute binge ethanol withdrawal

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have implicated microglia—the resident immune cells of the brain—in the pathophysiology of alcoholism. Indeed, post-mortem alcoholic brains show increased microglial markers and increased immune gene expression; however, the effects of ethanol on microglial functioning and...

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Autores principales: Walter, T. Jordan, Crews, Fulton T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5439231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28427424
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-017-0856-z