Microglia and amyloid plaques (IMAGE)
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Certain immune cells, microglia (yellow), remove amyloid plaques (magenta) in the brain of the Alzheimer mouse (left). Degenerating myelin distracts them from doing so (right).
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Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
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