Microglia: Actively surveying and shaping neuronal circuit structure and function

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 209-217

  Wake, Hiroaki ^a,f   Moorhouse, Andrew J ^b   Miyamoto, Akiko ^c,d   Nabekura, Junichi ^c,d,e  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain immune cells; Glia; Microglia; Psychiatric disease; Synapse; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DEATH; CELL EXPANSION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEURONAL CIRCUIT STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICROGLIA; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84875870356     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.11.007     Document Type: Review

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