Microglia: scapegoat, saboteur, or something else?

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Published in Science on January 11, 2013

Authors

Adriano Aguzzi1, Ben A Barres, Mariko L Bennett

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, CH-8012 Zurich, Switzerland. adriano.aguzzi@usz.ch

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