Microglia: Architects of the Developing Nervous System

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 587-597

  Frost, Jeffrey L ^a   Schafer, Dorothy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

central nervous system; development; microglia

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL RENEWAL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINEAGE; HUMANS; MICROGLIA; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS;

EID: 84961226140     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: 18793088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.02.006     Document Type: Review

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