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Nature Neuroscience 10, 1507 - 1509 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn1207-1507
Microgliosis: the questions shape the answers
Richard M Ransohoff1
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The author is in the Neuroinflammation Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, NC30, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
e-mail: ransohr@ccf.org
Abstract
Brain microglia increase their numbers in response to threats. Some of these cells were thought to enter the CNS from the blood, but two new studies suggest that experimental confounds could in part account for such results.
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