I sometimes make fun of microglia, because they were (unfairly) given a name that means “tiny glue.” They deserve better: these are immune cells that live in the brain and attend to numerous important matters (none of which involve glue). A new paper in Cell Reports shows that microglia in mice are strikingly different between males and females, and for me this adds to their mystique as quiet heroes of the brain and to the pathos of their silly name.…
