Microglial numbers attain adult levels after undergoing a rapid decrease in cell number in the third postnatal week

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 278, Issue , 2015, Pages 280-288

  Nikodemova, Maria ^a   Kimyon, Rebecca S ^a   De, Ishani ^a   Small, Alissa L ^a   Collier, Lara S ^a   Watters, Jyoti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Development; Flow cytometry; Gene expression; M CSF; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD200 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; ER MP58; FRACTALKINE; INTERLEUKIN 34; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD200 GENE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CX3CL1 GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IL 34 GENE; M CSF GENE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD11B; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROGLIA;

EID: 84920879166     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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