The Spider Effect: Morphological and Orienting Classification of Microglia in Response to Stimuli in Vivo

The different morphological stages of microglial activation have not yet been described in detail. We transected the olfactory bulb of rats and examined the activation of the microglial system histologically. Six stages of bidirectional microglial activation (A) and deactivation (R) were observed: f...

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Main Authors: Jonas, Rahul A., Yuan, Ti-Fei, Liang, Yu-Xiang, Jonas, Jost B., Tay, David K. C., Ellis-Behnke, Rutledge
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71226