Non-neuronal cells of the nervous system : function and dysfunction /

• Other Authors: Hertz, Leif, 1930-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier, 2004.
• Series: Advances in molecular and cell biology ; v. 31.
• Subjects: Nervous system > Cytology.; Nervous system > Cytopathology.; Système nerveux > Cytologie.; Système nerveux > Cytopathologie.; Biologia molecular.; Biologia celular.; Sistema nervoso.; Citologia.; Citopatologia.; Electronic books.

The brain, and the rest of the nervous system, consists of nerve cells (neurons) and non-neuronal cells (glial cells), which by far outnumber the neurons, but in the past have received much less attention. This began to change about 30 years ago with the realization that glial cells carry out very i...