Glial Neurobiology : an Introduction
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Alexei Verkhratsky; Arthur Butt
- ناشر : Chichester : John Wiley & Sons
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2007
- شابک / ISBN : 9780470513071
Description
Glial Neurobiology; Contents; Preface; List of abbreviations; Part I Physiology of Glia; 1 Introduction to Glia; 2 General Overview of Signalling in the Nervous System; 3 Morphology of Glial Cells; 4 Glial Development; 5 General Physiology of Glial Cells; 6 Neuronal-Glial Interactions; PART II Glial Cells and Nervous System Function; 7 Astrocytes; 8 Oligodendrocytes, Schwann Cells and Myelination; PART III Glia and Nervous System Pathology; 9 General Pathophysiology of Glia; 10 Glia and Diseases of the Nervous System; Conclusions; Recommended literature; Author Index; Subject Index;
AT LAST - A comprehensive, accessible textbook on glial neurobiology!. Glial cells are the most numerous cells in the human brain but for many years have attracted little scientific attention. Neurophysiologists concentrated their research efforts instead, on neurones and neuronal networks because it was thought that they were the key elements responsible for higher brain function. Recent advances, however, indicate this isnt exactly the case. Not only are astroglial cells the stem elements from which neurones are born, but they also control the development, functional activity and death of
