The force awakens: Insights into the origin and formation of microglia

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 39, Issue , 2016, Pages 30-37

  Tay, Tuan Leng ^a   Hagemeyer, Nora ^a   Prinz, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BONE MARROW CELL; BRAIN; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SELF-RENEWAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOROID PLEXUS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MACROPHAGE; MENINX; MICROGLIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; YOLK SAC; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGY;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MICROGLIA;

EID: 84963799848     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2016.04.003     Document Type: Review

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