Development, Regeneration and Immune Responses of the Leech Nervous System

Annelids in Modern Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 156-184

  Salzet, Michel ^a   Macagno, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuronal circuit and behavior development; Neuronal regeneration and repair; Regeneration and immune responses of leech nervous system

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955118372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470455203.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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