Annemarie J Carver, Nicole R Zürcher, Evan A Bordt
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Abstract
In a recent study, Routh and colleagues demonstrated that the circadian clock regulates microglia-directed synaptic refinement during a critical period of neurodevelopment in mice, in a sex-dependent manner. Loss of the major circadian rhythm regulator, Bmal1, in microglia induced a proinflammatory state and excessive pruning of synapses, primarily in adolescent male mice.
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