Microglia in Health and Disease: A Unique Immune Cell Population

• Yazar: Michel Mittelbronn (auth)
• Diğer Yazarlar: Diego Gomez-Nicola (auth), Alessandro Michelucci (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Seri Bilgileri: Frontiers Research Topics
• Konular: Medicine; inflammation; brain tumour; neurodegeneration; microglia; ontogeny
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Microglia are essential for the development and function of the adult brain. Their ontogeny, together with the absence of turnover from the periphery and the singular environment of the central nervous system (CNS), make microglia a unique cell population compared to other tissue-macrophages. The un...