Immune System Sculpts Rat Brains During Development (IMAGE)

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Immune System Sculpts Rat Brains During Development

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A microglia immune cell (white) that has eaten a neuron (red) in the brain of a female rat during development.

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PNAS https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.221264612

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