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stroke and neurodegenerative diseases, but the mechanisms underlying these interactions remain unclear. MacVicar and colleagues now show that, in the presence of hypoxia, activation of

microglial complement receptor 3 (CR3) by an inflammatory stimulus induces long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic transmission in the hippocampus, suggesting a means by which memory may be

impaired in these disorders. > The authors recorded field potentials in hippocampal slices from > wild-type rats and mice and CR3-knockout mice after exposure to LPS > and/or 

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