title: Nervenkitt: notes on the history of the concept of neuroglia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Somjen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009446:Neurobiology / Q000266:history*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology