Glial physiology and pathophysiology /

• Main Author: Verkhratskiĭ, A. N. (Alekseĭ Nestorovich)
• Other Authors: Butt, Arthur
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2013.
• Subjects: Neuroglia.; Nervous system > Diseases.; Nervous System Diseases > physiopathology.; Neuroglia > pathology.; Neuroglia > physiology.; Electronic books.

This comprehensive advanced text on the biology and pathology of glial cells--the most numerous cells in the brain and an emerging field in neuroscience--offers detailed coverage of the morphology and interrelationships between glial cells and neurones in different parts of the nervous system. An ac...

Table of Contents:

• History of neuroscience and the dawn of research in neuroglia
• General overview of signalling in the nervous system
• Neuroglia: definition, classification, evolution, numbers, development
• Astroglia
• Oligodendrocytes
• NG-2 glial cells
• Microglia
• Peripheral glial cells
• General pathophysiology of neuroglia
• Neuroglia in neurological diseases.