Microglia are the tissue resident macrophages of the brain and represent the sole immune population located in the parenchyma of the central nervous system (CNS). These cells are hidden be-tween neurons, astrocytes ...Microglia are the tissue resident macrophages of the brain and represent the sole immune population located in the parenchyma of the central nervous system (CNS). These cells are hidden be-tween neurons, astrocytes as well as oligodendrocytes and account for only 5-10% of CNS cells. Even though microglia were already identified in 1913 by the Spanish neuroanatomist Ramon y Cajal and further seminally investigated by his student Pio del Rio Hortega,展开更多
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文摘Microglia are the tissue resident macrophages of the brain and represent the sole immune population located in the parenchyma of the central nervous system (CNS). These cells are hidden be-tween neurons, astrocytes as well as oligodendrocytes and account for only 5-10% of CNS cells. Even though microglia were already identified in 1913 by the Spanish neuroanatomist Ramon y Cajal and further seminally investigated by his student Pio del Rio Hortega,