Microglia

Microglia are immune cells found in the brain. In our dataset, we observe them in their 'resting' state, during which they are actually surveilling the environment. At this stage, they have a small soma and several processes which split into thin branches. Once they are activated, their morphology changes and becomes more amoeboid, which is currently not classified in the dataset. In the current automatic classification, oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) are not classified as a distinct group, but are instead included in the microglia category.

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