Differential Regulation of Adhesion and Phagocytosis of Resting and Activated Microglia by Dopamine

Microglia, the immune competent cells of the central nervous system (CNS), normally exist in a resting state characterized by a ramified morphology with many processes, and become activated to amoeboid morphology in response to brain injury, infection, and a variety of neuroinflammatory stimuli. Man...

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Main Authors: Yang Fan, Zhilu Chen, Janak L. Pathak, Ana M. D. Carneiro, Chang Y. Chung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2018.00309/full