Reduced number and altered morphology of microglial cells in colony stimulating factor-1-deficient osteopetrotic op/op mice.

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The numerical density of microglial cells is reduced by 47% in the corpus callosum, by 37% in the parietal cortex and by 34% in the frontal cortex of mice mutant at the op locus which are totally devoid of colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1), the major growth factor for macrophages. Moreover, microglia in the frontal cortex of the op/op mice are smaller and have shorter cytoplasmic processes compared to control...

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