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  1. Human Retina With Astrocytes And Microglia

    This image from Scott McLeod from Jerry Lutty’s lab, is a wholemount human retina preparation triple labeled with fluorescent antibodies that stain blood vessels (blue), astrocytes (red) and microglia (green).  The specimen was imaged on a Zeiss 710 Confocal Microscope and is merged from 46 optical Z sections. It originally appeared on Flickr here.  You [...]

    Dec 30, 2012 — Read more No Comments

  2. Microglia Sculpt Postnatal Neural Circuits In An Activity And Complement-Dependent Manner

    This very cool study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Emily K. Lehrman, Amanda G. Kautzman, Ryuta Koyama, Alan R. Mardinly, Ryo Yamasaki, Richard M. Ransohoff, Michael E. Greenberg, Ben A. Barres and Beth Stevens demonstrates how the immune system can participate in the circuitry of the developing mouse lateral genicular nucleus (LGN).

    Jun 11, 2012 — Read more No Comments