Are glial cells of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes) muscle cells?
Parasitol Res
; 119(1): 317-319, 2020 Jan.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31782012
Muscle cells of a digenean fish blood fluke, Aporocotyle simplex, aggregate along the periphery of the cerebral ganglia. Solitary myocytons and sarcoplasmic processes with muscle fibres give rise to long, narrow lamellate projections, which are visible along the periphery and within ganglia. These ultrastructural observations suggest a switching of glial functions to muscle cells and represent additional evidence of the phylogenetic lability of glial cells in bilaterians.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Schistosomatidae
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Neuroglia
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Muscle Cells
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Parasitol Res
Journal subject:
PARASITOLOGIA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Country of publication:
Alemania