Neurophagy, the phagocytosis of live neurons and synapses by glia, contributes to brain development and disease

FEBS Journal

Volumn 285, Issue 19, 2018, Pages 3566-3575

  Vilalta, Anna ^a   Brown, Guy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; microglia; neurodegeneration; phagocytosis; synaptic pruning

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

AXON; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; DENDRITE; GLIA; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; INFLAMMATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CELL DEATH; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 85036596213     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.14323     Document Type: Review

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