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Microglia are highly heterogeneous and plastic. However, the dynamics of their turnover have been difficult to visualize. A new multicolor reporter system reveals a plastic but stable network of microglia during health and disease.

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Figure 1: Microglial network regulation in health and disease.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Charlotte Madore, Caroline Baufeld and Oleg Butovsky are at the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

    Charlotte Madore, Caroline Baufeld & Oleg Butovsky

  2. Oleg Butovsky is at the Evergrande Center for Immunologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

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Madore, C., Baufeld, C. & Butovsky, O. Microglial confetti party. Nat Neurosci 20, 762–763 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4570

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