The Acquisition of Myelin: A Success Story

Purinergic Signalling in Neuron-Glia Interactions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-21

  Zalc, Bernard ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Myelin acquisition; Myelination and myelin forming cells; Olfactory ensheathing glial cells (OECs); Schwann cells and invertebrate glial cells; Schwann cells in PNS and oligodendrocytes in CNS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948749970     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470032244.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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