Microglia in steady state

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 3201-3209

  Kierdorf, Katrin ^a   Prinz, Marco ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; STEADY STATE; TISSUES; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE; MICROGLIA; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 85028910175     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI90602     Document Type: Review

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