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A decade of diverse microglial-neuronal physical interactions in the brain (2008-2018)

Joseph O Uweru1, Ukpong B Eyo1

  • 1Department of Neuroscience, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States.

Neuroscience Letters
|January 10, 2019
PubMed

Keywords:
MicrogliaNMDARNeuronsP2Y12Physical interactionsTwo photon imaging

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