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Microglia

Known as: perivascular glial cell, Set of microglial cells, Small glial cell 
The third type of glial cell, along with astrocytes and oligodendrocytes (which together form the macroglia). Microglia vary in appearance depending… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Regulation of Microglia Activity by Glaucocalyxin-A: Attenuation of Lipopolysaccharide-Stimulated Neuroinflammation through NF-κB and p38 MAPK Signaling Pathways
Microglial cells are the resident macrophages and intrinsic arm of the central nervous system innate immune defense. Microglial… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Dexamethasone induces limited apoptosis and extensive sublethal damage to specific subregions of the striatum and hippocampus: implications for mood disorders
Review
2001
Review
2001
Chemokines and Alzheimer’s disease
Review
1999
Review
1999
AIDS and the brain: is there a chemokine connection?
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Indomethacin Reverses the Microglial Response to Amyloid β-Protein
Review
1994
Review
1994
Modulation of nerve and glial function by adenosine--role in the development of ischemic damage.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
The amyloid beta-protein of Alzheimer's disease is chemotactic for mononuclear phagocytes.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Perineuronal glial responses after axotomy of central and peripheral axons. A comparison
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Hippocampal aging in rats: A morphometric study of multiple variables in semithin sections
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Rapid transneuronal degeneration and death of cortical neurons following removal of the olfactory bulb in adult rats
Following olfactory bulb removal in young and adult rats, many neurons in the primary olfactory cortex become markedly… 
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