Microglia are an essential component of the neuroprotective scar that forms after spinal cord injury

The role of microglia following spinal cord injury is not fully understood. Here, using transgenic approaches to selectively label microglia and not macrophages in mice, the authors show that microglia are highly active and accumulate at the edge of the lesion in the first weeks post injury, and als...

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Main Authors: Victor Bellver-Landete, Floriane Bretheau, Benoit Mailhot, Nicolas Vallières, Martine Lessard, Marie-Eve Janelle, Nathalie Vernoux, Marie-Ève Tremblay, Tobias Fuehrmann, Molly S. Shoichet, Steve Lacroix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08446-0