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Microglia Research in the 100th Year Since Its Discovery

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This insight was supported by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) F32 grant (NS114040) and the Mayo Foundation and NIH R01 grants (NS088627 and NS112144).

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    Anthony D. Umpierre & Long-Jun Wu

  2. Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA

    Long-Jun Wu

  3. Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Long-Jun Wu

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Umpierre, A.D., Wu, LJ. Microglia Research in the 100th Year Since Its Discovery. Neurosci. Bull. 36, 303–306 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-020-00477-8

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