Nervenkitt: notes on the history of the concept of neuroglia

GG Somjen - Glia, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
GG Somjen
Glia, 1988Wiley Online Library
Nervenkitt: Notes on the history of the concept of neuroglia Page 1 GLIA 1:2-9 (1988)
Nervenkitt: Notes on the History of the Concept of Neuroglia GEORGE G. SOMJEN Department
of Physiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710 KEY WORDS
Discovery of astrocytes, Discovery of microglia, Discovery of oligodendrocytes ABSTRACT The
evolution of concepts concerning the identity and the functions of neuroglia is traced. Some of
the main ideas in the works of Virchow, Deiters, Golgi, Lenhossek, Lugaro, Ram6n y Cajal, del …
Abstract
The evolution of concepts concerning the identity and the functions of neuroglia is traced. Some of the main ideas in the works of Virchow, Deiters, Golgi, Lenhossék, Lugaro, Ramón y Cajal, del Río‐Hortega, Achúcarro, Penfield, and others are highlighted.
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