Astrocytes : wiring the brain.: wiring the brain. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Scemes, Eliana
• Contents: Front Cover; Contents; Series Preface; Preface: The Astrocyte: A Polarized Cell; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter 1 -- Mature Protoplasmic Mammalian Astrocytes: Morphology, Interrelationships, and Implications for Function; Chapter 2 -- Biomarkers of Astrocyte Microdomains: Focus on Gap Junctions, Purinergic Receptors, and Aquaporins; Chapter 3 -- Adhesion Molecules and Their Function in Astrocyte Polarity; Chapter 4 -- Contribution of Astrocytes to CNS Immunity: Roles of Pattern Recognition Receptors (PRRs); Chapter 5 -- Neuroglial Networks: Glial Wiring Also Matters. Chapter 6 -- Astrocyte-Neuron Communication: What Goes Wrong in Pathology?Chapter 8 -- Oligodendrocytes: Gateway to the Panglial Syncytium; Chapter 9 -- Microglia and Non-CNS Cells in Paracrine Signaling and CNS Immunity: Effects of Pathogens, Age, and Life History; Chapter 10 -- Astrocytes in Epilepsy; Chapter 11 -- Astrocyte Involvement in the Acquired Demyelinating Diseases; Chapter 13 -- The Role of Glial Pathology in Autism; Chapter 14 -- Astrocytes in Major Depressive Disorder and Schizophrenia: Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Aspects; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: Hoboken : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (425 pages)
• Subjects: 612.8 612.82; Astrocytes -- Physiology; Central nervous system -- Physiology; Central nervous system -- Diseases -- Pathophysiology; Mental illness -- Pathophysiology; MEDICAL -- Neuroscience; PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439825853; 1439825858
• Related ISBNs: 9781439825846; 143982584X
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