Ancestral roles of glia suggested by the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans

Neuron Glia Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-61

  Heiman, Maxwell G ^a   Shaham, Shai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Invertebrate glia

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GLIA; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548362049     PISSN: 1740925X     EISSN: 17410533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1740925X07000609     Document Type: Review

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