The multiple faces of microglia in brain diseases. Phenotyping microglia in the acute-chronic switch of autoimmune, traumatic and excitability disorders Hasselt University
Microglial cells, the macrophages of the brain, have been described to exert both beneficial and detrimental effects in various brain diseases. In this project, we will further characterize bad and good microglia phenotypes in the acute-chronic switch of animal models of multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and temporal lobe epilepsy. Thereby, we intend: i) to find out common and disease-specific markers of microglia phenotypes that can ...