NeuroscienceJournal of NeurosciencePeer-reviewed
Microglial refinement of A-fibre projections in the postnatal spinal cord dorsal horn is required for normal maturation of dynamic touch.
Yajing Xu, Stephanie C. Koch, Alexander G. Chamessian…·Simon Beggs
This study shows that microglia phagocytose A-fibre terminals in the spinal cord dorsal horn during postnatal development, and their absence leads to hypersensitivity to dynamic touch.
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