Mathematical tools allow us to narrow down the many possible research directions that biologists can explore. Some of the latest results are shown below in a series of graphs. They are based on a second model developed in order to understand how toxic proteins and microglia interact when microglia remove proteins and is also attracted to sites where proteins are produced. Phagocytic microglia are attracted towards increasing gradient of toxic protein. Thus, toxic proteins produce a chemotactic response in microglia.
Vertical axis represents time, horizontal axis represents space.
The simulation ran for 653 units of time. You can obtain further information on the biological aspects of this project by reading the following references . Here is the Working File . Here is the file for Alexandra . While working on my thesis, I make use of many helpful web sites.