Journal of Neuroinflammation (Feb 2023)

Depletion and activation of microglia impact metabolic connectivity of the mouse brain

  • Johannes Gnörich,
  • Anika Reifschneider,
  • Karin Wind,
  • Artem Zatcepin,
  • Sebastian T. Kunte,
  • Philipp Beumers,
  • Laura M. Bartos,
  • Thomas Wiedemann,
  • Maximilian Grosch,
  • Xianyuan Xiang,
  • Maryam K. Fard,
  • Francois Ruch,
  • Georg Werner,
  • Mara Koehler,
  • Luna Slemann,
  • Selina Hummel,
  • Nils Briel,
  • Tanja Blume,
  • Yuan Shi,
  • Gloria Biechele,
  • Leonie Beyer,
  • Florian Eckenweber,
  • Maximilian Scheifele,
  • Peter Bartenstein,
  • Nathalie L. Albert,
  • Jochen Herms,
  • Sabina Tahirovic,
  • Christian Haass,
  • Anja Capell,
  • Sibylle Ziegler,
  • Matthias Brendel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-023-02735-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Highlights Microglial activation influences metabolic connectivity. Microglial depletion results in distinct decreases of metabolic connectivity. Metabolic connectivity increases in progranulin deficient mice. Cellular FDG allocation in progranulin deficient mice is shifted to microglia.

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