Distribution of glial cells in the central nervous system of the pulmonate snail Megalobulimus oblongus identified by means of a glial fibrillary acidic protein marker

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 345-351

  Dos Santos, Paula ^a   Gehlen, Günther ^a   Faccioni Heuser, M Cristina ^a   Zancan, Denise M ^a   Achaval, Matilde ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Gastropod immunohistochemistry; GFAP; Glial cells; Snail

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MEGALOBULIMUS OBLONGUS; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MEGALOBULIMUS OBLONGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036792693     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-6395.2002.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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