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- 1. A chemokine associated with cognitive impairment in aging
- 7. Brain resident macrophages that are found in the central nervous system and consequently play important roles in brain infections and inflammation.
- 8. Type of white blood cell that helps eliminate foreign substances by engulfing foreign antigens and initiating an immune response.
- 9. A large family of small, secreted proteins that are best known for their ability to stimulate the migration of cells, most notably white blood cells.
- 12. Myelin forming cells of the central nervous system
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- 2. They are small, soluble proteins that regulate the immune system. They're part of innate immunity and have an adaptive response to infection.
- 3. Reactive microglia/macrophages can inhibit hippocampal __________
- 4. Microglia induce these neurotoxic glial cells through cytokine signaling
- 5. Is the virus that causes COVID-19 and is characterized by a respiratory syndrome with a variable degree of severity
- 6. Is used as a marker to detect microglial activation/reactivity
- 10. Used as a marker of inflammation associated with the involvement of monocytes/macrophages
- 11. Marker of neurogenesis for the dentate gyrus within the hippocampus