Ethyl pyruvate does not require microglia for mediating neuroprotection after excitotoxic injury.
Philipp PierohDaniel-Christoph WagnerChalid GhadbanGerd BirkenmeierFaramarz DehghaniPublished in: CNS neuroscience & therapeutics (2017)
EP-mediated neuroprotection seems to be mediated by astrocytes and/or neurons.