People's Hospital of Dongxihu District

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Neuroscience

Assessing Microglial Phagocytosis of Myelin Debris in vitro Under Repeated Magnetic Stimulation
Chenyuan Zhai 1, Jili Cai 2, Mei Du 3, Yuchen Fei 4, Qi Wu 5
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Affiliated Suzhou Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 2Rehabilitation Medicine Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 3Department of Children's Rehabilitation, Linyi People's Hospital, 4Department of Endocrinology, People's Hospital of Dongxihu District, 5Department of Rehabilitation, Hengyang Medical School, The First Affiliated Hospital, University of South China

The present protocol has been devised to assess the effect of repetitive magnetic stimulation on microglia's ability to phagocytose myelin debris. An in vitro microglia and myelin debris co-culture system has been established to do so.