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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Main Authors: Kyungmin Ji, Gulcan Akgul, Lonnie P Wollmuth, Stella E Tsirka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3564799?pdf=render