In vivo characterization of microglial engulfment of dying neurons in the zebrafish spinal cord

Microglia are specialized phagocytes in the vertebrate central nervous system (CNS). As the resident immune cells of the CNS they play an important role in the removal of dying neurons during both development and in several neuronal pathologies. Microglia have been shown to prevent the diffusion of...

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Main Authors: Marco eMorsch, Rowan eRadford, Albert eLee, Emily K. Don, Andrew Paul Badrock, Thomas E. Hall, Nicholas James Cole, Roger eChung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00321/full