Reduced synapses (IMAGE)

Picower Institute at MIT

Reduced synapses

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Green staining in hippocampus tissue indicates levels of a protein associated with synapses. The staining is noticeably brighter in a mouse that received healthy human microglia (control) compared to in a mouse that received mutant microglia.

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Jay Penney/MIT Picower Institute

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