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Organization and function of the blood-brain barrier in Drosophila.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 16 Jan 2008
Stork Tobias, Engelen Daniel, Krudewig Alice, Silies Marion, Bainton Roland J, Klämbt Christian
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The function of a complex nervous system depends on an intricate interplay between neuronal and glial cell types. One of the many functions of glial cells is to provide an efficient insulation of the nervous system and thereby allowing a fine tuned homeostasis of ions and other small molecules. Here, we present a detailed cellular analysis of the glial cell complement constituting the blood-brain barrier in...
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