Dopaminergic signaling regulates microglial surveillance and adolescent plasticity in the mouse frontal cortex
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This mouse study showed that microglia in the frontal cortex promote new connections in response to dopamine during adolescence, and that this process requires a specific receptor on microglia (P2RY12). Blocking this receptor, or interfering with dopamine signaling, prevented the formation of new connections, suggesting a key role for microglia in adolescent brain plasticity.
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Microglia, brain immune cells, help make new connections in teen mouse brains when they get dopamine. Blocking a chemical on microglia stops these new connections.
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Strong methodology with longitudinal imaging and optogenetics, but limited generalizability due to the use of a single model organism (mice), focus on adolescent plasticity in a specific brain region (M2).
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