Synaptic pruning

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A normal developmental process where the brain refines itself by destroying less-needed synaptic connections, a process inappropriately reactivated in Alzheimer's disease by microglial cells.

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A normal developmental process where the brain refines itself by destroying less-needed synaptic connections, a process inappropriately reactivated in Alzheimer's disease by microglial cells.