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Non-neuronal cells of the nervous system : function and dysfunction /

The brain, and the rest of the nervous system, consists of nerve cells (neurons) and non-neuronal cells (glial cells), which by far outnumber the neurons, but in the past have received much less attention. This began to change about 30 years ago with the realization that glial cells carry out very i...

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Other Authors: Hertz, Leif
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2004.
Series:Advances in molecular and cell biology ; v. 31.
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Online Access:ScienceDirect - Full text online
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