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Stretch-injury promotes microglia activation with enhanced phagocytic and synaptic stripping activities

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Modern Microglia: Novel Targets in Psychiatric Neuroscience

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Dynein links engulfment and execution of apoptosis via CED-4/Apaf1 in C. elegans

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Single-nucleus transcriptomics reveals a distinct microglial state and increased MSR1-mediated phagocytosis as common features across dementia subtypes

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Microglia signaling in health and disease – Implications in sex-specific brain development and plasticity

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Strategies to Enhance the Efficacy of T-Cell Therapy for Central Nervous System Tumors

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