Uncovering sex differences of rodent microglia

Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia

Liddelow, S. A., Guttenplan, K. A., Clarke, L. E., Bennett, F. C., Bohlen, C. J., Schirmer, L., Bennett, M. L., Münch, A. E., Chung, W.-S., Peterson, T. C., et al. (2017) · Nature · doi:10.1038/nature21029 · Cited by 7,971

Fate Mapping Analysis Reveals That Adult Microglia Derive from Primitive Macrophages

Ginhoux, F., Greter, M., Leboeuf, M., Nandi, S., See, P., Gokhan, S., Mehler, M. F., Conway, S. J., Ng, L. G., Stanley, E. R., et al. (2010) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1194637 · Cited by 5,175

The Classical Complement Cascade Mediates CNS Synapse Elimination

Stevens, B., Allen, N. J., Vazquez, L. E., Howell, G. R., Christopherson, K. S., Nouri, N., Micheva, K. D., Mehalow, A. K., Huberman, A. D., Stafford, B., et al. (2007) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2007.10.036 · Cited by 3,313

Microglial M1/M2 polarization and metabolic states

Orihuela, R., McPherson, C. A., & Harry, G. J. (2016) · British Journal of Pharmacology · doi:10.1111/bph.13139 · Cited by 2,070

Policy: NIH to balance sex in cell and animal studies

Clayton, J. A., & Collins, F. S. (2014) · Nature · doi:10.1038/509282a · Cited by 1,816

New tools for studying microglia in the mouse and human CNS

Bennett, M. L., Bennett, F. C., Liddelow, S. A., Ajami, B., Zamanian, J. L., Fernhoff, N. B., Mulinyawe, S. B., Bohlen, C. J., Adil, A., Tucker, A., et al. (2016) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1525528113 · Cited by 1,804

Microglia emerge as central players in brain disease

Salter, M. W., & Stevens, B. (2017) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm.4397 · Cited by 1,767

Microglia Biology: One Century of Evolving Concepts

Prinz, M., Jung, S., & Priller, J. (2019) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.08.053 · Cited by 1,525

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of mouse and human microglia at single-cell resolution

Masuda, T., Sankowski, R., Staszewski, O., Böttcher, C., Amann, L., Sagar, Scheiwe, C., Nessler, S., Kunz, P., van Loo, G., et al. (2019) · Nature · doi:10.1038/s41586-019-0924-x · Cited by 1,310

Irradiation induces neural precursor-cell dysfunction

Monje, M. L., Mizumatsu, S., Fike, J. R., & Palmer, T. D. (2002) · Nature Medicine · doi:10.1038/nm749 · Cited by 1,271

Microglia states and nomenclature: A field at its crossroads

Paolicelli, R. C., Sierra, A., Stevens, B., Tremblay, M.-E., Aguzzi, A., Ajami, B., Amit, I., Audinat, E., Bechmann, I., Bennett, M., et al. (2022) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2022.10.020 · Cited by 1,973

Microglia morphophysiological diversity and its implications for the CNS

Vidal-Itriago, A., Radford, R. A. W., Aramideh, J. A., Maurel, C., Scherer, N. M., Don, E. K., Lee, A., Chung, R. S., Graeber, M. B., & Morsch, M. (2022) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.997786 · Cited by 451

Mechanisms of sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease

Lopez-Lee, C., Torres, E. R. S., Carling, G., & Gan, L. (2024) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2024.01.024 · Cited by 376

APOE in the bullseye of neurodegenerative diseases: impact of the APOE genotype in Alzheimer’s disease pathology and brain diseases

Fernández-Calle, R., Konings, S. C., Frontiñán-Rubio, J., García-Revilla, J., Camprubí-Ferrer, L., Svensson, M., Martinson, I., Boza-Serrano, A., Venero, J. L., Nielsen, H. M., et al. (2022) · Molecular Neurodegeneration · doi:10.1186/s13024-022-00566-4 · Cited by 278

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and inflammation in depression: Pathogenic partners in crime?

Porter, G. A., & O’Connor, J. C. (2022) · World Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.5498/wjp.v12.i1.77 · Cited by 188

Microglia in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Comparative Species Review

Edler, M. K., Mhatre-Winters, I., & Richardson, J. R. (2021) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells10051138 · Cited by 126

Single-cell analysis of skeletal muscle macrophages reveals age-associated functional subpopulations

Krasniewski, L. K., Chakraborty, P., Cui, C., Mazan-Mamczarz, K., Dunn, C., Piao, Y., Fan, J., Shi, C., Wallace, T., Nguyen, C., et al. (2022) · eLife · doi:10.7554/elife.77974 · Cited by 111

Amyloid-β induces lipid droplet-mediated microglial dysfunction via the enzyme DGAT2 in Alzheimer’s disease

Prakash, P., Manchanda, P., Paouri, E., Bisht, K., Sharma, K., Rajpoot, J., Wendt, V., Hossain, A., Wijewardhane, P. R., Randolph, C. E., et al. (2025) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2025.04.029 · Cited by 104

Quantifying microglial morphology: an insight into function

Green, T. R. F., & Rowe, R. K. (2024) · Clinical & Experimental Immunology · doi:10.1093/cei/uxae023 · Cited by 119

A tool for mapping microglial morphology, morphOMICs, reveals brain-region and sex-dependent phenotypes

Colombo, G., Cubero, R. J. A., Kanari, L., Venturino, A., Schulz, R., Scolamiero, M., Agerberg, J., Mathys, H., Tsai, L.-H., Chachólski, W., et al. (2022) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/s41593-022-01167-6 · Cited by 100

Early life stress impairs synaptic pruning in the developing hippocampus

Dayananda, K. K., Ahmed, S., Wang, D., Polis, B., Islam, R., & Kaffman, A. (2022) · Brain Behavior and Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2022.09.014 · Cited by 85

Early-life stress lastingly impacts microglial transcriptome and function under basal and immune-challenged conditions

Reemst, K., Kracht, L., Kotah, J. M., Rahimian, R., van Irsen, A. A. S., Sotomayor, G. C., Verboon, L. N., Brouwer, N., Simard, S., Turecki, G., et al. (2022) · Translational Psychiatry · doi:10.1038/s41398-022-02265-6 · Cited by 80

Early posttraumatic CSF1R inhibition via PLX3397 leads to time- and sex-dependent effects on inflammation and neuronal maintenance after traumatic brain injury in mice

Wang, Y., Wernersbach, I., Strehle, J., Li, S., Appel, D., Klein, M., Ritter, K., Hummel, R., Tegeder, I., & Schäfer, M. K. E. (2022) · Brain Behavior and Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2022.07.164 · Cited by 69

Microglia and BDNF at the crossroads of stressor related disorders: Towards a unique trophic phenotype

Prowse, N. A., & Hayley, S. P. (2021) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.09.018 · Cited by 72

Sex Differences in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Key Role for the Immune System

Breach, M. R., & Lenz, K. M. (2022) · Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences · doi:10.1007/7854_2022_308 · Cited by 62

Retinal and brain microglia in multiple sclerosis and neurodegeneration

Choi, S., Guo, L., & Cordeiro, M. F. (2021) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells10061507 · Cited by 63

Sex-Specific Immune Responses in Stroke

Banerjee, A., & McCullough, L. D. (2022) · Stroke · doi:10.1161/strokeaha.122.036945 · Cited by 57

Ischemic stroke: From pathological mechanisms to neuroprotective strategies

Jiang, Y., Liu, Z., Liao, Y., Sun, S., Dai, Y., & Tang, Y. (2022) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2022.1013083 · Cited by 58

Fibrin promotes oxidative stress and neuronal loss in traumatic brain injury via innate immune activation

Dean, T., Mendiola, A. S., Yan, Z., Meza-Acevedo, R., Cabriga, B., Akassoglou, K., & Ryu, J. K. (2024) · Journal of Neuroinflammation · doi:10.1186/s12974-024-03092-w · Cited by 53

Depression in Women: Potential Biological and Sociocultural Factors Driving the Sex Effect

Benedetto, M. G. D., Landi, P., Mencacci, C., & Cattaneo, A. (2024) · Neuropsychobiology · doi:10.1159/000531588 · Cited by 55

What microglia depletion approaches tell us about the role of microglia on synaptic function and behavior

Basilico, B., Ferrucci, L., Khan, A., Angelantonio, S. D., Ragozzino, D., & Reverte, I. (2022) · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fncel.2022.1022431 · Cited by 52

Immunomodulatory Role of CB2 Receptors in Emotional and Cognitive Disorders

Morcuende, Á., García‐Gutiérrez, M. S., Tambaro, S., Nieto, E. O., Manzanares, J., & Femenía, T. (2022) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2022.866052 · Cited by 45

Exercise mitigates a gut microbiota-mediated reduction in adult hippocampal neurogenesis and associated behaviours in rats

Nicolas, S., Dohm-Hansen, S., Lavelle, A., Bastiaanssen, T. F. S., English, J. A., Cryan, J. F., & Nolan, Y. M. (2024) · Translational Psychiatry · doi:10.1038/s41398-024-02904-0 · Cited by 52

Sex differences of microglia in the healthy brain from embryonic development to adulthood and across lifestyle influences

Bobotis, B. C., Braniff, O., Gargus, M., Akinluyi, E. T., Awogbindin, I. O., & Tremblay, M.-È. (2023) · Brain Research Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.110752 · Cited by 40

Understanding the Role of the Glial Scar through the Depletion of Glial Cells after Spinal Cord Injury

Perez‐Gianmarco, L., & Kukley, M. (2023) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells12141842 · Cited by 39

Microglial heterogeneity in the ischemic stroke mouse brain of both sexes

del Águila, Á., Zhang, R., Yu, X., Dang, L., Xu, F., Zhang, J., Jain, V., Tian, J., Zhong, X., Sheng, H., et al. (2024) · Genome Medicine · doi:10.1186/s13073-024-01368-7 · Cited by 42

Blockage of ATGL-mediated breakdown of lipid droplets in microglia alleviates neuroinflammatory and behavioural responses to lipopolysaccharides

Robb, J. L., Boisjoly, F., Machuca‐Parra, A. I., Coursan, A., Manceau, R., Majeur, D., Rodaros, D., Bouyakdan, K., Greffard, K., Bilodeau, J., et al. (2024) · Brain Behavior and Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2024.09.027 · Cited by 39

Neuroinflammation: Integrated Nervous Tissue Response through Intercellular Interactions at the “Whole System” Scale

Nosi, D., Lana, D., Giovannini, M. G., Delfino, G., & Zecchi‐Orlandini, S. (2021) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells10051195 · Cited by 41

Modulating Neuroinflammation as a Prospective Therapeutic Target in Alzheimer’s Disease

Lee, E., & Chang, Y. (2025) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells14030168 · Cited by 39

Impact of sex on neuroimmune contributions to Parkinson’s disease

Bourque, M., Morissette, M., Soulet, D., & Paolo, T. D. (2023) · Brain Research Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.110668 · Cited by 36

Green light exposure elicits anti-inflammation, endogenous opioid release and dampens synaptic potentiation to relieve post-surgical pain.

Martin, L. F., Cheng, K., Washington, S. M., Denton, M., Goel, V., Khandekar, M., Largent-Milnes, T. M., Patwardhan, A., & Ibrahim, M. M. (2023) · The Journal of Pain · doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2022.10.011 · Cited by 32

Biomass smoke inhalation promotes neuroinflammatory and metabolomic temporal changes in the hippocampus of female mice

Scieszka, D. P., Jin, Y., Noor, S., Barr, E., Garcia, M. A., Begay, J., Herbert, G., Hunter, R. P., Bhaskar, K., Kumar, R., et al. (2023) · Journal of Neuroinflammation · doi:10.1186/s12974-023-02874-y · Cited by 35

A small-molecule TLR4 antagonist reduced neuroinflammation in female E4FAD mice

Balu, D., Valencia-Olvera, A. C., Nguyen, A., Patnam, M., York, J., Peri, F., Neumann, F., LaDu, M. J., & Tai, L. M. (2023) · Alzheimer's Research & Therapy · doi:10.1186/s13195-023-01330-6 · Cited by 27

Patient-Derived In Vitro Models of Microglial Function and Synaptic Engulfment in Schizophrenia

Sheridan, S. D., Horng, J. E., & Perlis, R. H. (2022) · Biological Psychiatry · doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.01.004 · Cited by 30

Microglia-specific transcriptional repression of interferon-regulated genes after prolonged stress in mice

Zhang, Y., Dong, Y., Zhu, Y., Sun, D., Wang, S., Weng, J., Zhu, Y., Peng, W., Yu, B., & Jiang, Y. (2022) · Neurobiology of Stress · doi:10.1016/j.ynstr.2022.100495 · Cited by 29

Intestinal epithelial dopamine receptor signaling drives sex-specific disease exacerbation in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis

Peng, H., Qiu, J.-Q., Zhou, Q., Zhang, Y.-K., Chen, Q.-Y., Yin, Y., Su, W., Yu, S., Wang, Y., Cai, Y. A., et al. (2023) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2023.10.016 · Cited by 31

Influence of biological sex on neuroinflammatory dynamics in the aging brain

Müller, L., Benedetto, S. D., & Müller, V. (2025) · Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnagi.2025.1670175 · Cited by 30

Depletion and activation of microglia impact metabolic connectivity of the mouse brain

Gnörich, J. S., Reifschneider, A., Wind-Mark, K., Zatcepin, A., Kunte, S. T., Beumers, P., Bartos, L. M., Wiedemann, T., Grosch, M., Xiang, X., et al. (2023) · Journal of Neuroinflammation · doi:10.1186/s12974-023-02735-8 · Cited by 32

Acute IL-6 exposure triggers canonical IL6Ra signaling in hiPSC microglia, but not neural progenitor cells

Couch, A. C. M., Solomon, S., Duarte, R. R. R., Marrocu, A., Sun, Y., Sichlinger, L., Matulevičiūtė, R., Polit, L. D., Hanger, B., Brown, A. M., et al. (2023) · Brain Behavior and Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2023.02.007 · Cited by 28

Adipokines as Immune Cell Modulators in Multiple Sclerosis

Rijnsburger, M., Djuric, N., Mulder, I. A., & de Vries, H. E. (2021) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms221910845 · Cited by 27

The Outcomes of Maternal Immune Activation Induced with the Viral Mimetic Poly I:C on Microglia in Exposed Rodent Offspring

Loewen, S. M., Chavesa, A. M., Murray, C. J., Traetta, M. E., Burns, S. E., Pekarik, K. H., & Tremblay, M. (2023) · Developmental Neuroscience · doi:10.1159/000530185 · Cited by 28

Progranulin deficiency results in sex-dependent alterations in microglia in response to demyelination

Zhang, T., Feng, T., Wu, K., Guo, J. D., Nana, A. L., Yang, G., Seeley, W. W., & Hu, F. (2023) · Acta Neuropathologica · doi:10.1007/s00401-023-02578-w · Cited by 27

Spinal cannabinoid receptor 2 activation alleviates neuropathic pain by regulating microglia and suppressing P2X7 receptor

Zhou, Y., Xu, Y., Yang, J., Yu, Z., Wang, W., Yuan, M., Wang, Y., Bai, Q., & Li, Z. (2023) · Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnmol.2023.1061220 · Cited by 24

Chromosomal and gonadal factors regulate microglial sex effects in the aging brain

Ocañas, S. R., Ansere, V. A., Kellogg, C. M., Isola, J. V. V., Chucair‐Elliott, A. J., & Freeman, W. M. (2023) · Brain Research Bulletin · doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.02.008 · Cited by 25

Metabolic factors in the regulation of hypothalamic innate immune responses in obesity

Folick, A., Cheang, R. T., Valdearcos, M., & Koliwad, S. K. (2022) · Experimental & Molecular Medicine · doi:10.1038/s12276-021-00666-z · Cited by 26

Fatty acid sensing in the brain: The role of glial-neuronal metabolic crosstalk and horizontal lipid flux

Cleland, N. R. W., & Bruce, K. D. (2022) · Biochimie · doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2022.08.012 · Cited by 23

Depressive disorder and antidepressants from an epigenetic point of view

Arčan, I. Š., Kouter, K., & Paska, A. V. (2022) · World Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.5498/wjp.v12.i9.1150 · Cited by 27

Work hard, play hard: how sexually differentiated microglia work to shape social play and reproductive behavior

Sullivan, O., & Ciernia, A. V. (2022) · Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnbeh.2022.989011 · Cited by 23

Microglia involvement in sex-dependent behaviors and schizophrenia occurrence in offspring with maternal dexamethasone exposure

Rim, C., Park, H., You, M., Yang, B., Kim, H.-J., Sung, S., & Kwon, M. (2022) · Schizophrenia · doi:10.1038/s41537-022-00280-6 · Cited by 19

Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing Reveals the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Disease-Associated Microglia in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Chen, L.-X., Zhang, M.-D., Xu, H., Ye, H.-Q., Chen, D.-F., Wang, P., Bao, Z.-W., Zou, S.-M., Lv, Y.-T., Wu, Z., et al. (2024) · Research · doi:10.34133/research.0548 · Cited by 22

Oxidation enhances the toxicity of polyethylene microplastics to mouse eye: Perspective from in vitro and in vivo

Yang, Y., Wang, J., Shi, Y., Cao, H., Wei, L., Gao, L., & Liu, M. (2024) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124633 · Cited by 21

Microglial angiotensin type 2 receptors mediate sex‐specific expression of inflammatory cytokines independently of circulating estrogen

Garrido‐Gil, P., Pedrosa, M. A., García-Garrote, M., Pequeño‐Valtierra, A., Rodríguez‐Castro, J., Souto, D. G., Rodriguez-Perez, A. I., & Labandeira-García, J. L. (2022) · Glia · doi:10.1002/glia.24255 · Cited by 19

Established and emerging techniques for the study of microglia: visualization, depletion, and fate mapping

Bobotis, B. C., Halvorson, T., Carrier, M., & Tremblay, M. (2024) · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fncel.2024.1317125 · Cited by 22

Cranial irradiation disrupts homeostatic microglial dynamic behavior

Strohm, A. O., Johnston, C. J., Hernady, E., Marples, B., O’Banion, M. K., & Majewska, A. K. (2024) · Journal of Neuroinflammation · doi:10.1186/s12974-024-03073-z · Cited by 19

Loss of Microglial Insulin Receptor Leads to Sex-Dependent Metabolic Disorders in Obese Mice

Milanova, I. V., Korpel, N. L., Corrêa‐da‐Silva, F., Berends, E., Osman, S., la Fleur, S. E., Fliers, E., Kalsbeek, A., & Yi, C. (2022) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms23062933 · Cited by 18

Aurantiamide suppresses the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome to improve the cognitive function and central inflammation in mice with Alzheimer's disease

Shen, H., Pei, H., Zhai, L., Guan, Q., & Wang, G. (2023) · CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics · doi:10.1111/cns.14082 · Cited by 18

Minding the Gap: Exploring Neuroinflammatory and Microglial Sex Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease

Reed-Geaghan, E. G., & Keller-Norrell, P. R. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms242417377 · Cited by 19

N-3 PUFA Deficiency Affects the Ultrastructural Organization and Density of White Matter Microglia in the Developing Brain of Male Mice

Decoeur, F., Picard, K., St‐Pierre, M., Greenhalgh, A. D., Delpech, J.-C., Séré, A., Layé, S., Tremblay, M., & Nadjar, A. (2022) · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fncel.2022.802411 · Cited by 16

Metformin Improves Functional Outcomes, Activates Neural Precursor Cells, and Modulates Microglia in a Sex-Dependent Manner After Spinal Cord Injury

Gilbert, E. A. B., Livingston, J. M., Flores, E. G., Kehtari, T., & Morshead, C. M. (2023) · Stem Cells Translational Medicine · doi:10.1093/stcltm/szad030 · Cited by 17

Dual-Specificity Protein Phosphatase 4 (DUSP4) Overexpression Improves Learning Behavior Selectively in Female 5xFAD Mice, and Reduces β-Amyloid Load in Males and Females

Pan, A. L., Audrain, M., Sakakibara, E., Joshi, R., Zhu, X., Wang, Q., Wang, M., Beckmann, N. D., Schadt, E. E., Gandy, S., et al. (2022) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells11233880 · Cited by 16

Sex and Region-Specific Differences in Microglial Morphology and Function Across Development

Bishnoi, I. R., & Bordt, E. A. (2025) · Neuroglia · doi:10.3390/neuroglia6010002 · Cited by 19

The connection between autophagy and Alzheimer’s disease

Nechushtai, L., Chen, D., Dan, F., & Pinkas‐Kramarski, R. (2025) · Inflammation Research · doi:10.1007/s00011-025-02118-0 · Cited by 19

Changes in neuroinflammatory markers and microglial density in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of the C58/J mouse model of autism

Duarte‐Campos, J. F., Vázquez‐Moreno, C. N., Martínez‐Marcial, M., Chavarría, A., Carreto, R. J. R., Velasco-Velázquez, M. A., Fuente, M. D. L., & González‐Arenas, A. (2023) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1111/ejn.16204 · Cited by 16

Ischemia-induced endogenous Nrf2/HO-1 axis activation modulates microglial polarization and restrains ischemic brain injury

Kuo, P., Weng, W., Scofield, B. A., Paraiso, H. C., Yu, I.-C. I., & Yen, J.-H. J. (2024) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2024.1440592 · Cited by 18

Gas6/TAM Signalling Negatively Regulates Inflammatory Induction of GM-CSF in Mouse Brain Microglia

Gilchrist, S. E., Pennelli, G. M., & Hafizi, S. (2021) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells10123281 · Cited by 15

The Modulatory Effects of DMF on Microglia in Aged Mice Are Sex-Specific

Mela, V., Gaban, A. S., O′Neill, E., Béchet, S., Walsh, A., & Lynch, M. A. (2022) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells11040729 · Cited by 16

Dynamic changes in mitochondria support phenotypic flexibility of microglia

Espinoza, K., Schaler, A. W., Gray, D. T., Sass, A. R., Escobar, A., Moore, K., Yu, M. A., Chamorro, C. G., & Biase, L. M. D. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-025-66709-5 · Cited by 15

Sex-Specific Microglial Responses to Glucocerebrosidase Inhibition: Relevance to GBA1-Linked Parkinson’s Disease

Brunialti, E., Villa, A. M., Toffoli, M., Pozo, S. L. D., Rizzi, N., Meda, C., Maggi, A. C., Schapira, A. H. V., & Ciana, P. (2023) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells12030343 · Cited by 14

Sex Dependent Disparities in the Central Innate Immune Response after Moderate Spinal Cord Contusion in Rat

Ghosh, M., Lee, J., Burke, A., Strong, T. A., Sagen, J., & Pearse, D. D. (2024) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells13070645 · Cited by 15

Repopulated microglia after pharmacological depletion decrease dendritic spine density in adult mouse brain

Wickel, J., Chung, H., Ceangă, M., von Stackelberg, N., Hahn, N., Candemir, Ö., Baade‐Büttner, C., Mein, N., Tomasini, P., Woldeyesus, D. M., et al. (2024) · Glia · doi:10.1002/glia.24541 · Cited by 13

Histamine and Microglia

Iida, T., Yanai, K., & Yoshikawa, T. (2022) · Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · doi:10.1007/7854_2022_322 · Cited by 13

Social isolation produces a sex‐ and brain region‐specific alteration of microglia state

Vu, A. P., Lam, D., Denney, C., Lee, K. V., Plemel, J. R., & Jackson, J. (2023) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1111/ejn.15966 · Cited by 14

Glial activation in pain and emotional processing regions in the nitroglycerin mouse model of chronic migraine

Cropper, H. C., Conway, C. M., Wyche, W., & Pradhan, A. A. A. (2024) · Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain · doi:10.1111/head.14740 · Cited by 13

West Nile Virus-Induced Expression of Senescent Gene Lgals3bp Regulates Microglial Phenotype within Cerebral Cortex

Arutyunov, A., Durán‐Laforet, V., Ai, S., Ferrari, L. L., Murphy, R., Schafer, D. P., & Klein, R. S. (2024) · Biomolecules · doi:10.3390/biom14070808 · Cited by 14

Developmental ethanol exposure has minimal impact on cerebellar microglial dynamics, morphology, and interactions with Purkinje cells during adolescence

Cealie, M. Y., Douglas, J. C., Le, L., VonKaenel, E. D., McCall, M. N., Drew, P. D., & Majewska, A. K. (2023) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2023.1176581 · Cited by 11

Modeling the innate inflammatory cGAS/STING pathway: sexually dimorphic effects on microglia and cognition in obesity and prediabetes

Elzinga, S. E., Koubek, E. J., Hayes, J. M., Carter, A., Mendelson, F. E., Webber‐Davis, I. F., Lentz, S. I., & Feldman, E. L. (2023) · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fncel.2023.1167688 · Cited by 12

Sex Differences in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Their Potential to Uncover the Impact of Brain Sexual Differentiation on Gender Bias

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