Astrocytes in (Patho)Physiology of the Nervous System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Haydon, Philip G. (Editor), Parpura, Vladimir (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: 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...