The brain's garbage men

Helmut Kettenmann
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Helmut Kettenmann: Helmut Kettenmann is at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Roessle-Strasse 10, 13092 Berlin, Germany. kettenmann@mdc-berlin.de

Nature, 2007, vol. 446, issue 7139, 987-989

Abstract: Microglial cells, the immune elements of the brain, are activated in disease or following injury. New findings indicate how these cells are switched on to remove damaged cells and cellular debris.

Date: 2007
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