Macrophages Are Dispensable for Postnatal Pruning of the Cochlear Ribbon Synapses
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DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2021.736120
Abstract: Ribbon synapses of cochlear hair cells undergo pruning and maturation before the hearing onset. In the central nervous system (CNS), synaptic pruning was mediated by microglia, the brain-resident macrophages, via activation of the complement system.… read more here.
Keywords: macrophages dispensable; ribbon synapses; postnatal pruning; pruning cochlear ... See more keywords