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\nThe brain is like a really fancy restaurant. Itês picky about who it lets inside. You have to be one of the privileged few. But even fancy restaurants need to be cleaned up and protected, right? Who does the dirty work? In this episode...\nThe brain is like a really fancy restaurant. Itês picky about who it lets inside. You have to be one of the privileged few. But even fancy restaurants need to be cleaned up and protected, right? Who does the dirty work? In this episode of Neuro Transmissions, weêre exploring another one of our glorious glial cells: microglia. Though their name may fool you, donêt underestimate the power of these wee whippersnappers. They are the brainês housekeeper and security system. Join Alie as she explains the function of microglial cells.\n
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2016
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area, physiology, bacteria, synapse, cells, anatomy, blood vessels, work, neurons
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