Microglia: Dynamic Mediators of Synapse Development and Plasticity

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 605-613

  Wu, Yuwen ^a   Dissing Olesen, Lasse ^a,b   MacVicar, Brian A ^b   Stevens, Beth ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; AGING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84942524460     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2015.08.008     Document Type: Review

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