a: microglia ~
b: immune cells of the brain

What:

"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."


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Writer: Nicola Platt
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Date: Mar 14 2014 3:08 PM


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