Glia Get Neurons in Shape

Lu O Sun; Ben A Barres

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.052

Glia Get Neurons in Shape

Cell. 2016 May 5;165(4):775-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.052.

Authors

Lu O Sun¹, Ben A Barres²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. Electronic address: lsun2@stanford.edu.
² Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

PMID: 27153490
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.052

Abstract

Glial cells are essential components of the nervous system. In this issue, Singhvi et al. uncover cellular and molecular mechanisms through which C. elegans glia shape sensory neuron terminals and thus control animal thermosensing behaviors.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans*
Neuroglia*
Neurons
Sensory Receptor Cells