Neuroglia
Helmut Kettenmann and Bruce R. Ransom
Abstract
This book details the basic biology and function of glial cells. It covers the entire field of glial research from the basic molecular and cellular properties of these cells to their involvement in neurological diseases including stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, and multiple sclerosis. This edition includes new chapters on transmitter release by extocytosis from glia, glia derived stem cells, glia synaptic transmission, glia and axon guidance, an entirely new section on mechanisms of glial injury, and several new chapters on the roles of glia in different diseases. It covers the fields of neuroana ... More
This book details the basic biology and function of glial cells. It covers the entire field of glial research from the basic molecular and cellular properties of these cells to their involvement in neurological diseases including stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, and multiple sclerosis. This edition includes new chapters on transmitter release by extocytosis from glia, glia derived stem cells, glia synaptic transmission, glia and axon guidance, an entirely new section on mechanisms of glial injury, and several new chapters on the roles of glia in different diseases. It covers the fields of neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neurophysiology, molecular neurobiology, neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, neuropathology, neuro-oncology, and physiatry.
Keywords:
glial cells,
glial research,
molecular properties,
cellular properties,
stroke,
Alzheimer's Disease,
multiple sclerosis,
extocytosis,
stem cells,
synaptic transmission
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2004 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780195152227 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195152227.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Helmut Kettenmann, editor
Head of the Research Unit in Cellular Neurosciences, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany and Professor of Neurobiology at the Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Bruce R. Ransom, editor
Warren Magnuson Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology, Professor of Neurology, and of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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