microglia

What: "Microglia are like soldiers and policemen, chameleons and spiders, housekeepers, gardeners, electricians, and garbage collectors. Microglia can be active or resting, branched or blobby, harmful or protective."

Writer: Virginia Hughes

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Date: Mar 14 2014 3:03 PM

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"Microglia are like a two-edged sword," Hillard said. "When they're overactive, they make a whole bunch of nasty things that wind up killing cells like neurons."

Writer: Dr. Cecilia Hillard

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Date: Mar 14 2014 2:58 PM

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"Glia can be divided into two categories: microglia are like the immune cells of the brain, vacuuming debris and foreign bodies; macroglia come in several flavours, and the most important of these for information processing are the astrocytes - star-shaped cells found throughout the brain."

Writer: Nicola Platt

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Date: Mar 14 2014 3:08 PM