Intracerebroventricular Injection of Microglia Protects Against Focal Brain Ischemia

• Main Authors: Yoshihisa Kitamura (Author), Kazuyuki Takata (Author), Masatoshi Inden (Author), Daiju Tsuchiya (Author), Daijiro Yanagisawa (Author), Junko Nakata (Author), Takashi Taniguchi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Microglia are macrophage-like phagocytic cells in the brain parenchyma. However, microglial function after neurodegeneration is not fully understood. In this study, occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) and reperfusion caused massive neuronal loss in the rat cerebral cortex and striatum afte...