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Meaning of microglía by Felipe Lorenzo del Río





Felipe Lorenzo del Río

microglía
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Type of glial cell of our nervous system. These are smaller cells and much more numerous than the neurons they protect and feed. Somewhere I have read that perhaps they also serve to store memory. Microglia in particular seem to enter into cleansing action when injury or inflammation occurs. A fascinating world our brain and our nervous system.

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