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Nervenkitt: Notes on the history of the concept of neuroglia
Author(s) -
Somjen George G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
glia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.954
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1098-1136
pISSN - 0894-1491
DOI - 10.1002/glia.440010103
Subject(s) - biology , neuroglia , neuroscience , central nervous system
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.