Astrocytes in (Patho)Physiology of the Nervous System

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Haydon, Philip G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Parpura, Vladimir (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Cell biology.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.; Cell Biology.

Due to their lack of electrical excitability, astrocytes, a subtype of glial cell, have long been neglected as active participants in intercellular communication within the central nervous system. Astrocytes, however, possess a diverse assortment of ion channels, neurotransmitter receptors, and tran...