Scientists have characterized the molecular markers that make the brain's front lines of immune defense, cells called microglia, unique. They discovered further evidence that microglia play roles in a variety of neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses including Alzheimer's, autism and depression

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Scientists have characterized the molecular markers that make the brain's front lines of immune defense, cells called microglia, unique. They discovered further evidence that microglia play roles in a variety of neurodegenerative and psychiatric illnesses including Alzheimer's, autism and depression