Neural Regeneration Research ›› 2016, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (4): 538-540.doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.180726

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Physical interactions between activated microglia and injured axons: do all contacts lead to phagocytosis?

Audrey D. Lafrenaye *   

  1. ment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
  • Received:2016-01-18 Online:2016-04-30 Published:2016-04-30
  • Contact: Audrey D. Lafrenaye, Ph.D., forrestad@vcu.edu.
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    The work at the center of the current manuscript was performed as a component of the Operation Brain Trauma Therapy consortium, which is supported by U.S. Army grants W81XWH-10-1-0623 and WH81XWH-14-2-0018. Microscopy was performed at the VCU Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Microscopy Facility, supported, in part, with funding from NIH-NINDS Center core grant 5P30NS047463.