Cell Communication in Nervous and Immune System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gundelfinger, Eckart D. (Editor), Seidenbecher, Constanze I. (Editor), Schraven, Burkhart (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, 43
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Immunology.; Cell biology.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.

At first glance, the nervous and immune systems appear very different. However, both systems have developed mechanisms for memory formation – though of quite different quality and significance for the organism. One striking example is that both systems form and communicate via synapses armed with si...

Table of Contents:

• Molecular Organization and Assembly of the Postsynaptic Density of Excitatory Brain Synapses
• Molecular Organization and Assembly of the Central Inhibitory Postsynapse
• Molecular Organization and Assembly of the Presynaptic Active Zone of Neurotransmitter Release
• Extracellular Matrix and Synaptic Functions
• Electrical Synapses – Gap Junctions in the Brain
• Neuron-Glia Interactions at the Node of Ranvier
• Cognate Interaction Between Endothelial Cells and T Cells
• Impact of the Immunological Synapse on T Cell Signaling
• The Biophysics of T Lymphocyte Activation In Vitro and In Vivo
• Molecular Regulation of Cytoskeletal Rearrangements During T Cell Signalling
• Membrane-Proximal Signaling Events in Beta-2 Integrin Activation
• Regulation of Immune Cell Entry into the Central Nervous System
• Cell–cell communication by Endocannabinoids during Immune Surveillance of the Central Nervous System.