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Online Ressource (PDF, 38593 KB, 560 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0470978538
Content:
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 accompanying website offers downloadable figures and slides.
Content:
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 accompanying website offers downloadable figures and slides
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Description based upon print version of record
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Glial Physiology and Pathophysiology; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Abbreviations; About the Companion Website; 1 History of Neuroscience and the Dawn of Research in Neuroglia; 1.1 The miraculous human brain: localising the brain functions; 1.2 Cellular organisation of the brain; 1.3 Mechanisms of communications in neural networks; 1.3.1 Electrical/ionic nature of excitability; 1.3.2 Chemical signalling between neural cells; 1.4 The concept of neuroglia; 1.5 Beginning of the modern era; 1.6 Concluding remarks; References; 2 General Overview of Signalling in the Nervous System
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2.1 Intercellular signalling: wiring and volume modes of transmission2.2 Cellular signalling: receptors; 2.3 Intracellular signalling: second messengers; 2.4 Calcium signalling; 2.4.1 Cellular Ca2+ regulation; 2.5 Concluding remarks; 3 Neuroglia: Definition, Classification, Evolution, Numbers, Development; 3.1 Definition of neuroglia as homeostatic cells of the nervous system; 3.2 Classification; 3.3 Evolution of neuroglia; 3.3.1 Evolution of astrocytes; (i) Nematoda: neuroglia in Caenorhabditis elegans; (ii) Annelida: astroglia in leech
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(iii) Arthropoda: astrocytes in Drosophila and other insects(iv) Neuroglia in early Deuterostomia (Hemichordata and Echinodermata); (v) Neuroglia in low vertebrates; (vi) Glial advance in higher vertebrates; 3.3.2 Evolution of myelination; 3.3.3 Evolution of microglia; 3.4 Numbers: how many glial cells are in the brain?; 3.5 Embryogenesis and development of neuroglia in mammals; 3.5.1 Macroglial cells; 3.5.2 Astroglial cells are brain stem cells; 3.5.3 Peripheral glia and schwann cell lineage; 3.5.4 Microglial cell lineage; 3.6 Concluding remarks; References; 4 Astroglia
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4.1 Definition and heterogeneity4.2 Morphology of the main types of astroglia; 4.3 How to identify astrocytes in the nervous tissue; 4.4 Astroglial syncytial networks; 4.4.1 Gap junctions, connexons and connexins; 4.4.2 Astroglial networks; 4.5 Physiology of astroglia; 4.5.1 Membrane potential and ion distribution; 4.5.2 Ion channels; (i) Potassium channels; (ii) Voltage-operated sodium channels (Nav); (iii) Calcium channels; (iv) Transient receptor potential or TRP channels; (v) Anion/chloride channels; (vi) Aquaporins; 4.5.3 Receptors to neurotransmitters and neuromodulators
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(i) Glutamate receptors(ii) Purinoceptors; (iii) γ-aminobutiric acid receptors (GABA) receptors; (iv) Glycine receptors; (v) Acetylcholine receptors; (vi) Adrenergic receptors; (vii) Serotonin receptors; (viii) Histamine receptors; (ix) Cannabinoid receptors; (x) Neuropeptide receptors; (xi) Cytokine and chemokine receptors; (xii) Complement receptors; (xiii) Platelet-activating factor receptors; (xiv) Thrombin receptors; (xv) Ephrin receptors; (xvi) Succinate receptors; 4.5.4 Astroglial membrane transporters; (i) ATP-dependent transporters; (ii) Secondary transporters
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4.5.5 Calcium signalling in astroglia
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1118402030
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781118402030
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Verkhratsky, Alexei: Glial Physiology and Pathophysiology
Language:
English
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