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The two primary activation phenotypes of microglia. In physiological conditions, the microglia are dormant (M0). Injurious circumstances can cause the activation of resting microglia into distinct phenotypes, M1 and M2, having a proinflammatory phenotype (inducing neurological damage) and taking part in resolution of inflammation (with a neuroprotective role), respectively.
