A concern on comparing 'apples' and 'oranges' when differences between microglia used in human and rodent studies go far, far beyond simply species: Comment on Smith and Dragunow

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 189-190

  Watkins, Linda R ^a   Hutchinson, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CELL MIGRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FETUS CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUERPERIUM; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THINKING; APPLE; CELL ISOLATION; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; ORANGE (FRUIT); SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROGLIA; MODELS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84897468665     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.02.004     Document Type: Letter

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