Bidirectional tuning of microglia in the developing brain: From neurogenesis to neural circuit formation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 8-15

  Ueno, Masaki ^a,b   Yamashita, Toshihide ^b,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONNECTOME; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MICROGLIA; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84895748958     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.02.004     Document Type: Review

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