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microgliosis

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microgliosis
accumulation of microglial cells as a reaction to injury to the parenchyma of the central nervous system, a characteristic of nonsuppurative encephalomyelitis.
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Another group showed similar results whereby early minocycline treatment after SCI conferred neuroprotection, reduced microgliosis, and inhibited caspase-3 and TNF-[alpha] expression [18].
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The researchers found that the brains of mice that are deficient in TGF-[beta] have widespread neuronal degeneration and microgliosis, a process characterized by the presence of numerous microglia that have the capacity to harm neurons.
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