Year: 2011
Type: review
Abstract: Microglia were recently shown to play unexpected roles in normal brain development and adult physiology. This has begun to dramatically change our view of these resident "immune" cells. Here, we briefly review topics covered in our 2011 Society for Neuroscience minisymposium "The Role of Microglia in the Healthy Brain." This summary is not meant to be a comprehensive review of microglia physiology, but rather to share new results and stimulate further research into the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which microglia influence postnatal development, adult neuronal plasticity, and circuit function.
Source: Journal of Neuroscience
Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University, Baylor College of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Inserm, Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure
Language: English
Subfield: Neurology
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2119958966