Glial cell development and function in the Drosophila visual system

Neuron Glia Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-25

  Chotard, Carole ^a   Salecker, Iris ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Migration; Neurogenesis; Optic lobe; Photoreceptor axons

Indexed keywords

CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GANGLION; GLIA CELL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548312479     PISSN: 1740925X     EISSN: 17410533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1740925X07000592     Document Type: Review

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