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Loss of C9orf72 in Microglia Drives Neuronal Injury by Enhancing Synaptic Pruning in Aged and Alzheimer’s Disease Mice

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This Research Highlight was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (92049104 and 82103210) and the Research Start-up Project by Hangzhou Normal University (4125C5021920453 and 4125C50220204106).

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  1. School of Pharmacy, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China

    Mengmeng Wang, Yuanyuan Jiang & Zhihui Huang

  2. Key Laboratory of Elemene Class Anti-Cancer Chinese Medicines, Engineering Laboratory of Development and Application of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Collaborative Innovation Center of Traditional Chinese Medicines of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China

    Mengmeng Wang, Yuanyuan Jiang & Zhihui Huang

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Wang, M., Jiang, Y. & Huang, Z. Loss of C9orf72 in Microglia Drives Neuronal Injury by Enhancing Synaptic Pruning in Aged and Alzheimer’s Disease Mice. Neurosci. Bull. 38, 327–330 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-021-00796-4

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