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Microglial priming can be caused by intense and/or prolonged glucocorticoid signaling, by excess release of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), by loss of neuron signaling (which typically helps maintain microglia homeostasis), and by circadian disruption. Aging and stress can elicit priming by any or all of these mechanisms.
