New views on synapse-glia interactions

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 615-621

  Pfrieger, Frank W ^a   Barres, Barbara A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL METABOLISM; GLIA CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0030273727     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80093-6     Document Type: Article

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