Leech giant glial cell: Functional role in a simple nervous system

GLIA

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Deitmer, Joachim W ^a   Rose, Christine R ^a   Munsch, Thomas ^a   Schmidt, Joachim ^a   Nett, Wolfgang ^a   Schneider, Hans Peter ^a   Lohr, Christian ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glial morphology; Glial physiology; Hirudo medicinalis; Ion regulation; Ion signaling; Neuron glia interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033485852     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199912)28:3<175::AID-GLIA1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Review

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