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Physiological function of microglia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2012

Hiroaki Wake  and
R. Douglas Fields
Hiroaki Wake*
Affiliation:
Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
R. Douglas Fields
Affiliation:
Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section, The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Hiroaki Wake, National Institute for Basic Biology, NINS, Division of Brain Circuits, Room 384, Nishigonaka 38, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585Japan phone: +81 (564) 55-7681 fax: +81(564) 55-7684 email: hirowake@nibb.ac.jp
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Abstract

Broad interest in the rapidly advancing field of microglial involvement in forming neural circuits is evident from the fresh findings published in leading journals. This special issue of Neuron Glia Biology contains a special collection of research articles and reviews concerning the new appreciation of microglial function in the normal physiology of the brain that extends beyond their traditionally understood role in pathology.

Keywords

Microglianeurogenesissynaptic plasticityRett syndromeautismchronic pain
Type
Research Article
Information
Neuron Glia Biology , Volume 7 , Special Issue 1: The Physiological Function of Microglia , February 2011 , pp. 1 - 3
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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