Activation of microglia bolsters synapse formation

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUN, 2014, Pages

  Cristovão, Gonçalo ^a   Pinto, Maria J ^a   Cunha, Rodrigo A ^a,b   Almeida, Ramiro D ^a   Gomes, Catarina A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Brain wiring; Microglia; Neurodevelopment; Neuroinflammation; Pre synaptic differentiation; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84901832222     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00153     Document Type: Note

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