Talk:Microglia
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[edit] Merging and copyright quesiton
I was bold and went ahead and merged Microglial cells into this page, because it is an identical topic. I hope no one minds that I didn't discuss it first! If you have any concerns, please let me know here or on my talk page. Also, some of the text I merged from the Microglial cells article seemed like it may have been copied from an external source, but I searched the internet and could not find anywhere with the same wording. If anyone knows where the material may be from, please indicate its copyright status and why we are allowed to use the text here. If it is from somewhere else, it may be a copyright violation. Wikipedia is not allowed to use copyrighted material. Thanks! delldot | talk 07:55, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
- Whoops, never mind, I found the source of the copyrighted material. It is from here, and has been removed. delldot | talk 08:13, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Preliminary study cited
I am the secondary author of the study cited (Chubak, Bird et al.) While I was impressed to find myself in a google search, and link to this article, this study is only preliminary and we did not have a large n value. Due to lack of funding the study was not supported to conclusion. There is a possibility that our findings can be supported, however it should not be on this page until it is supported better.
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[edit] Insults?
From the article: "Microglia are responsible for producing an inflammatory reaction to insults (Streit et al., 2004)" gosh, really? i'd love to see an article name/reference number or linkable source to this data... sounds like crazy voodoo to me, i didn't even know there was an inflammatory response to insults, let alone a glial cell connection. Until then, i will remain very wary of this briefly mentioned detail. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mwalle (talk • contribs) 02:25, 9 December 2006 (UTC).
Dear hagermanbot,
Pain can lead to activated microglia. Pain is insulting. This is a nice review http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15755561&query_hl=2&itool=pubmed_DocSum --82.35.234.119 05:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)fps
[edit] Microglia not Glia?
The entry on Glia says that Microglia are not technnically glia. They are immune cells. Can someone resolve this discrepancy? Eperotao 15:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
