Immune cells destroy healthy brain connections, diminish cognitive function in obese mice

“Obesity leads to cognitive impairment by activating microglial cells, which consume otherwise functional synapses in the hippocampus, according to a study of male mice published in JNeurosci.”

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Elise C. Cope, Elizabeth A. LaMarca, Patrick K. Monari, Lyra B. Olson, Susana Martinez, Anna D. Zych, Nicole J. Katchur, Elizabeth Gould. Microglia play an active role in obesity-associated cognitive declineThe Journal of Neuroscience, 2018; 0789-18 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0789-18.2018


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