Role of Microglia in Autism: Recent Advances

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 195-202

  Takano, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Microglia

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL KINETICS; CELL MATURATION; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ANIMALS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84937641555     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000398791     Document Type: Review

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