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Glial-neuronal Sensory Organs: Evolutionary Journey from Caenorhabditis elegans to Mammals

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Acknowledgements

The authors’ research was supported by National Key R&D Program of China(2019YFC1709101), the Project First-Class Disciplines Development of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CZYHW1901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81774437 and 81973969), and Science and Technology Program of Sichuan Province, China (2019YFH0108 and 2018SZ0257).

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  1. International Collaborative Centre on Big Science Plan for Purine Signalling, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, 610075, China

    Yong Tang, Peter Illes & Alexei Verkhratsky

  2. Acupuncture and Tuina School, Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, 610075, China

    Yong Tang

  3. Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Acupuncture and Chronobiology, Chengdu, 610075, China

    Yong Tang

  4. Rudolf-Boehm-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, 04107, Germany

    Peter Illes

  5. Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK

    Alexei Verkhratsky

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Tang, Y., Illes, P. & Verkhratsky, A. Glial-neuronal Sensory Organs: Evolutionary Journey from Caenorhabditis elegans to Mammals. Neurosci. Bull. 36, 561–564 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12264-020-00464-z

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