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microglia [mī′kräg·lē·ə] (neuroscience) Small neuroglia cells of the central nervous system having long processes and exhibiting ameboid and phagocytic activity under certain pathologic conditions. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Key perinatal immune events Timing in humans Benefit to host Differentiation 6-24 WG Self-renewing populations and seeding of of microglia, Kupffer macrophages to cells, and alveolar tissues macrophages; resident macrophage functioning in tissues (e. When the brain is injured or infected, cells called microglia leap into action. During the 1999 New York outbreak of WN virus, histopathologic examination of central nervous system tissues from four fatal human cases showed varying degrees of neuronal necrosis, with infiltrates of microglia and polymorphonuclear leukocytes, perivascular cuffing, neuronal degeneration, and neuronophagia. |
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