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ArticleTrends in neurosciences2026

A microglial circadian clock sculpts synapses during neurodevelopment.

Annemarie J Carver, Nicole R Zürcher, Evan A Bordt

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Article in Trends in neurosciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Annemarie J CarverDepartment of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Lurie Center for Autism, Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA, USA.
Nicole R ZürcherLurie Center for Autism, Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA, USA; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Evan A BordtDepartment of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Lurie Center for Autism, Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA, USA. Electronic address: ebordt@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Perinatal Gonadal Hormones Impart Male-Biased Neuroimmune, Mitochondrial, and Behavioral Vulnerabilities.R01HD110467 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Evan Andrew Bordt · 2023 to 2026
$2.2M
Defining the Neuro-Immune and Placental Profile of a Dual-Hit Toll-like Receptor 7 and Stressor Mouse ModelR21MH135128 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BORDT, EVAN ANDREW · 2024 to 2025
$452k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD110467NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH135128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a recent study, Routh and colleagues demonstrated that the circadian clock regulates microglia-directed synaptic refinement during a critical period of neurodevelopment in mice, in a sex-dependent manner. Loss of the major circadian rhythm regulator, Bmal1, in microglia induced a proinflammatory state and excessive pruning of synapses, primarily in adolescent male mice.

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adolescenceBmal1dendritic spinehippocampusphagocytosissex differences

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PMID42833963
PMCPMC13639259

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