TY - JOUR T1 - The Role of Microglia in the Healthy Brain JF - The Journal of Neuroscience JO - J. Neurosci. SP - 16064 LP - 16069 DO - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4158-11.2011 VL - 31 IS - 45 AU - Marie-Ève Tremblay AU - Beth Stevens AU - Amanda Sierra AU - Hiroaki Wake AU - Alain Bessis AU - Axel Nimmerjahn Y1 - 2011/11/09 UR - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/31/45/16064.abstract N2 - Microglia were recently shown to play unexpected roles in normal brain development and adult physiology. This has begun to dramatically change our view of these resident “immune” cells. Here, we briefly review topics covered in our 2011 Society for Neuroscience minisymposium “The Role of Microglia in the Healthy Brain.” This summary is not meant to be a comprehensive review of microglia physiology, but rather to share new results and stimulate further research into the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which microglia influence postnatal development, adult neuronal plasticity, and circuit function. ER -