Microglia
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Microglia are a type of glial cell located throughout the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system. Microglia account for around 5–10% of cells found within the brain. As the resident macro
Microglia in resting state from rat cortex before traumatic brain injury (lectin staining with HRP)
Microglia/macrophage – activated form from rat cortex after traumatic brain injury (lectin staining with HRP)
Rat microglia grown in tissue culture in green, along with nerve fiber processes shown in red.
Microglia in rat cerebellar molecular layer in red, stained with antibody to IBA1/AIF1. Bergmann glia processes are shown in green, DNA in blue.
Glia
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Glia, also called glial cells or neuroglia, are non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system and in the peripheral nervous system that do not produce electrical impulses. The neuroglia make up mor
Microglia
…Microglia are a type of glial cell located throughout the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system (CNS). Microglia account for around 5–10% of cells found within the brain…
An astrocyte from a rat brain grown in tissue culture and stained with antibodies to GFAP (red) and vimentin (green)
Neoplastic glial cells stained with an antibody against GFAP (brown), from a brain biopsy