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Cerebellar microglia are dynamically unique and survey Purkinje neurons in vivo by Stowell, Rianne D., Wong, Elissa L., Batchelor, Hanna N., Mendes, Monique S., Lamantia, Cassandra E., Whitelaw, Brendan S., Majewska, Ania K.

“…ABSTRACT Microglia are the innate immune cells of the central nervous system and are also important participants in normal development and synaptic plasticity…”
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What the Spectrum of Microglial Functions Can Teach us About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder by Wong, Elissa L, Stowell, Rianne D, Majewska, Ania K

“…Alcohol exposure during gestation can lead to severe defects in brain development and lifelong physical, behavioral and learning deficits that are classified…”
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Dynamics of microglia and dendritic spines in early adolescent cortex after developmental alcohol exposure by Wong, Elissa L., Strohm, Alexandra, Atlas, Jason, Lamantia, Cassandra, Majewska, Ania K.

“…Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder patients suffer from many cognitive disabilities. These include impaired auditory, visual, and tactile sensory information…”
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Developmental alcohol exposure impairs synaptic plasticity without overtly altering microglial function in mouse visual cortex by Wong, Elissa L., Lutz, Nina M., Hogan, Victoria A., Lamantia, Cassandra E., McMurray, Helene R., Myers, Jason R., Ashton, John M., Majewska, Ania K.

“…•Early adolescent visual cortex plasticity is impaired by developmental ethanol exposure.•Ethanol-induced changes in microglial phenotype and behavior were…”
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Effects of Developmental Alcohol Exposure on Potentiation and Depression of Visual Cortex Responses by Lantz, Crystal L., Sipe, Grayson O., Wong, Elissa L., Majewska, Ania K., Medina, Alexandre E.

“…Background Neuronal plasticity deficits are thought to underlie abnormal neurodevelopment in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders and in animal models of this…”
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Cover Image by Stowell, Rianne D., Wong, Elissa L., Batchelor, Hanna N., Mendes, Monique S., Lamantia, Cassandra E., Whitelaw, Brendan S., Majewska, Ania K.

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Consequences of Developmental Ethanol Exposure on Synaptic Plasticity, Microglial Phenotype, and Dendritic Spine Dynamics by Wong, Elissa L

“…Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), caused by gestational ethanol exposure, is a leading cause of non-heritable and life-long mental disability. Worldwide…”
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