Author: Kettenmann, Helmut; & Ransom, Bruce R.; editors:
Title: Neuroglia
Description: New York, Oxford University Press, 1995. orig.cloth. 29x21cm, xxii, 1079 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Morphology; Morphology of Astrocytes; The Morphology and Ultrastructure of Oligodendrocytes and their Functional Implications; Basic Biology of the Schwann Cell; Ependymoglia and Ependymoglia-like Cells; Microglial Cells; Morphology of Non-mammalian Glial Cells: Structure-function Correlations; Lineage; Methods of Studying Glial Cell Lineage; The Origins and Lineages of Macroglial Cells; In Vitro Studies on the Development and Maintenance of the Oligodendrocyte-Type-2 Astrocyte (O-2A) Lineage in the Adult Central Nervous System; Development of Microglia; Physiology: Potassium Channels; Voltage-gated Sodium and Calcium Channels; Distribution and Transport of Chloride and Bicarbonate Ions across Membranes; pH Regulation; Transport of Neuroactive Amino Acids in Astrocytes; Sodium, Potassium-ATPase and its Isoforms; Modulation and Control of Intracellular Calcium; Modulation of Glial Potassium, Sodium and Chloride Activities by the Extracellular Milieu; Gap Junctions; Electrophysiology of Mammalian Glial Cells In Situ; Receptors: GABA and Glutamate Receptors; Acetylcholine and Serotonin Receptor Activation; Astroglial Andrenergic Receptors: Expression and Function; Peptide Receptors on Astrocytes; Eicosanoid, Purine and Hormone Receptors; Mechanisms of Cell-to-Cell Communication:Extracellular Space as the Pathway for Neuron-glial Cell Interaction; Functional Significance of Glial-derived Matrix During Development and Regeneration...

Keywords: Nervous System Disorders, Physiopathology, Neurology, Neuroglia, Glial Cells, Neurological, Diseases Disease, ,