Activation of microglia bolsters synapse formation

Front Cell Neurosci. 2014 Jun 2:8:153. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00153. eCollection 2014.

¹ CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal.
² CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal ; PhD Programme in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine (PDBEB), Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal.
³ CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal ; Faculty of Medicine, Biochemistry, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal.
⁴ CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal ; Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal.

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Keywords: brain wiring; microglia; neurodevelopment; neuroinflammation; pre-synaptic differentiation; synapse formation.