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Discovering the environmental factors that control microglia is key to understanding and managing brain health. A new study finds that microbiota in the gut are essential to the regulation of microglial maturation and activation.

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Figure 1: Communication from gut to brain regulates microglia.

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  1. Kira Irving Mosher and Tony Wyss-Coray are in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA,

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  2. Tony Wyss-Coray is at the Center for Tissue Regeneration, Repair and Restoration, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA.,

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Mosher, K., Wyss-Coray, T. Go with your gut: microbiota meet microglia. Nat Neurosci 18, 930–931 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4051

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