Microglial repopulation

Exposure

1 paper3 findings

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and others
  • Animals1

Outcomes

2

Attentional set shifting

downin mice1

1 study
  1. Microglial repopulation impairs attentional set shifting in mice.

    “microglial repopulation selectively impaired visual discrimination learning and attentional set shifting in aged mice.”

    Animalsfollowing PLX3397 withdrawal in C57BL/6J micemales

    Aging Converts Microglial Repopulation into Maladaptive Reprogramming that Exacerbates Cognitive Deficits

    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)Jan 9, 2026Preprint

Visual discrimination learning

downin mice1

1 study
  1. Microglial repopulation impairs visual discrimination learning in mice.

    “microglial repopulation selectively impaired visual discrimination learning and attentional set shifting in aged mice.”

    Animalsfollowing PLX3397 withdrawal in C57BL/6J micemales

    Aging Converts Microglial Repopulation into Maladaptive Reprogramming that Exacerbates Cognitive Deficits

    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)Jan 9, 2026Preprint

Associations

1

Cortical microglial gene expression

mixedin mice1

1 study
  1. Microglial repopulation is associated with cortical microglial gene expression in mice.

    “Repopulated cortical microglia in aged, but not young, mice exhibited aberrant gene expression patterns”

    Animalsfollowing PLX3397 withdrawal in C57BL/6J micecortical microgliamales

    Aging Converts Microglial Repopulation into Maladaptive Reprogramming that Exacerbates Cognitive Deficits

    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)Jan 9, 2026Preprint

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Funding

1 grant since 2025

Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceJP¥4.6m

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