Neuroglia in C. elegans / Randy F. Stout Jr., Navin Pokala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stout, Randy F., Jr., author.

Pokala, Navin, author.

Series:

Colloquium series on neuroglia in biology and medicine ; 2375-9917 # 11.

Colloquium digital library of life sciences

Colloquium series on neuroglia in biology and medicine, 2375-9917 ; # 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuroglia.

Caenorhabditis elegans.

Medical Subjects:

Neuroglia.

Caenorhabditis elegans.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 56 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[San Rafael, California] : Morgan & Claypool, 2018.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

The nematode C. elegans is one of the most important model organisms for understanding neurobiology. Its completely mapped neural connectome of 302 neurons and fully characterized and stereotyped development have made it a prototype for understanding nervous system structure, development, and function. Fifty-six out of C. elegans' total of 959 somatic cells are classified as neuroglia. Although research on worm glia has lagged behind studies focused on neurons, there has been a steep upswing in interest during the past decade. Information arising from the recent burst of research on worm glia supports the idea that C. elegans will continue to be an important animal model for understanding glial cell biology. Since the developmental lineage of all cells was mapped, each glial cell in C. elegans is known by a specific name and has research associated with it. We list and describe the glia of the hermaphrodite form of C. elegans and summarize research findings relating to each glial cell. We hope this lecture provides an informative overview of worm glia to accompany the excellent and freely available online resources available to the worm research community.

Contents:

7. Summary and final comments

References

Author biography.

6. Descriptions and summary of research for each of the worm glia

6.1 Anterior DEIrid (ADEsh, ADEso) glia

6.2 AMphid glia

6.3 CEPhalic glia (CEPsh, CEPso)

6.4 The GLR "glial" cells

6.5 Inner labial glia (ILsh ILso)

6.6 Outer labial (OL) glia

6.7 Posterior DEIrid glia

6.8 Phasmid glia

5. C. elegans glia: general description

5.1 Location of glia in the worm body

5.2 Glia in the defined cell lineage

5.3 Glial cell specification during development

3. A primer on the worm nervous system

3.1 Overview of current knowledge of the C. elegans nervous system

3.2 Sensory neurons are associated with glia

3.3 Summary of worm neurobiology

4. History of glia in nematode research

4.1 First designation as glia

4.2 Forays into glia research

4.3 The "re-discovery" of C. elegans glia

1. Introduction

2. A primer on C. elegans

2.1 The hermaphrodite form of C. elegans

2.2 Dauer alternative life stage

2.3 The C. elegans male form

2.4 The determined cell lineage allows each cell to be named

Notes:

Part of: Colloquium digital library of life sciences.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-54).

Title from PDF title page (viewed on February 28, 2018).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781615046898

OCLC:

1026400886

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.