Microglial Synaptic Pruning
During brain development, the brain makes way more synaptic connections than it needs — like building more roads than necessary. Microglia (the brain's immune cells) act as "pruners" — they identify w...
During brain development, the brain makes way more synaptic connections than it needs — like building more roads than necessary. Microglia (the brain's immune cells) act as "pruners" — they identify w...