Microglia: The Brain’s First Responders

New knowledge about microglia is so fresh that it’s not even in the textbooks yet. Microglia are cells that help guide brain development and serve as its immune system helpers by gobbling up diseased or damaged cells and discarding cellular debris. Our authors believe that microglia might hold the k...

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Autores principales: Bilbo, Staci, Stevens, Beth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Dana Foundation 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30210663
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