How Do Microglia Examine Damaged Synapses?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 - 22:28
in Biology & Nature
Microglia, immune cells in the brain, are suggested to be involved in the repair of damaged brain. However, it is unknown how microglia diagnose damaged circuits in an in vivo brain. Now a Japanese group has successfully taken a live image how microglia survey synapses in the brains of mice by using two-photon microscopic technology.