| MP term: | abnormal microglial cell morphology |
| MP id: | MP:0000136 |
| Definition: | any structural anomaly of the small, migratory, phagocytic, interstitial cells derived from myeloid progenitor cells and found in the parenchyma of the central nervous system; microglia are scavengers, engulfing dead cells and other debris, and in Alzheimer's disease, microglia are found associated with dying nerve cells and amyloid plaques |
| Number of paths to term: | 8 |
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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last database update 05/08/2013 MGI 5.13 |
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