Evolutionary Perspective on Microglial/Neuronal Coupling with Special Relevance to Psychiatric Illnesses
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Evolutionary Perspective on Microglial/Neuronal Coupling with Special Relevance to Psychiatric Illnesses
Microglia have selectively evolved as a morphologically and chemically distinct class of immuno-competent CNS resident cells with potent bidirectional signaling capabilities linked to induction of a macrophage-like phenotype following metabolic, microbiological, or viral insults. It has been empirically determined that a conserved set of shared chemical messengers connects a communication netwo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2378-5756
DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.1000329