Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology Development and Aging Changes in the Nervous System /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lajtha, Abel (Editor), Perez-Polo, J. Regino (Editor), Rossner, Steffen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.

In the animal nervous system, a very high metabolic turnover, fragile but steep ionic gradients, and morphological and structural constraints - dictated by the necessity for prompt neuronal transmission of electrical impulses and necessary plasticity - result in a highly fragile organ system. Here,...