Confocal Image (IMAGE)

University of Queensland

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These 'scavenger' cells (red) can mostly be seen on the outer surface of the brain, as well as wrapped around the outside of blood vessels (green) within the brain.

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Bower et al., <i>Nature Neuroscience</i>

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