Early life stress perturbs the maturation of microglia in the developing hippocampus
Delpech JC, Wei L, Hao J, Yu X, Madore C, Butovsky O, Kaffman A. Early life stress perturbs the maturation of microglia in the developing hippocampus. Brain Behavior And Immunity 2016, 57: 79-93. PMID: 27301858, PMCID: PMC5010940, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2016.06.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly life stressHippocampal developmentLife stressPhagocytic activityAbnormal hippocampal developmentNormal hippocampal developmentMorphology of microgliaPostnatal day 28Vivo phagocytic activityImpairs hippocampal functionMaturation of microgliaImmune panelHippocampal microgliaMicroglial activityMicroglial functionNormal cell numbersSynaptic maturationOld miceMicrogliaMouse modelRodent modelsSynaptic pruningDay 28Old pupsHippocampus