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. 2012 Dec 11;23(6):1125-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.11.015.

The soothing touch: microglial contact influences neuronal excitability

Aude Panatier  1 , Richard Robitaille
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The soothing touch: microglial contact influences neuronal excitability

Aude Panatier et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

Resting microglial cells in the brain scan their environment with their processes, primed to react to injury and disease. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Li and colleagues (2012) report that resting microglia also react to physiological neuronal activity, sending their processes toward highly active neurons to regulate their excitability.

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