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The neuronal environment : brain homeostasis in health and disease / edited by Wolfgang Walz.

Holman Biotech Commons QP363 .N47758 2002
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Walz, Wolfgang.
Series:
Contemporary neuroscience
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Neurons--Physiology.
Neurons.
Homeostasis.
Neuroglia.
Brain--Metabolism.
Brain.
Blood-brain barrier.
Neurons--physiology.
Brain--metabolism.
Blood-Brain Barrier.
Medical Subjects:
Neurons--physiology.
Homeostasis.
Neuroglia.
Brain--metabolism.
Blood-Brain Barrier.
Physical Description:
x, 432 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Place of Publication:
Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, 2002.
Contents:
I. Neuronal Activity and Its Dependence on the Microenvironment
1 Central Nervous System Microenvironment and Neuronal Excitability / Stephen Dombrowski, Imad Najm, Damir Janigro 3
2 Neuronal Energy Requirements / Avital Schurr 25
II. Brain Microenvironment
3 Plasticity of the Extracellular Space / Eva Sykova 57
4 Transmitter-Receptor Mismatches in Central Dopamine, Serotonin, and Neuropeptide Systems: Further Evidence for Volume Transmission / Anders Jansson, Laurent Descarries, Virginia Cornea-Hebert, Mustapha Riad, Daniel Verge, Mircea Bancila, Luigi Francesco Agnati, Kjell Fuxe 83
5 The Extracellular Matrix in Neural Development, Plasticity, and Regeneration / Jeremy Garwood, Nicolas Heck, Franck Rigato, Andreas Faissner 109
6 Homeostatic Properties of Astrocytes / Wolfgang Walz, Bernhard H. J. Juurlink 159
7 Glutamate-Mediated Astrocyte-Neuron Communication in Brain Physiology and Pathology / Micaela Zonta, Giorgio Carmignoto 187
8 Axonal Conduction and Myelin / Jeffrey D. Kocsis 211
9 Coupling of Blood Flow to Neuronal Excitability / Albert Gjedde 233
III. Brain Macroenvironment
10 Choroid Plexus and the Cerebrospinal-Interstitial Fluid System / Roy O. Weller 261
11 The Blood-Brain Barrier / Richard F. Keep 277
12 Circumventricular Organs / James W. Anderson, Alastair V. Ferguson 309
13 Glial Linings of the Brain / Marc R. Del Bigio 341
IV. Immune System-Neuron Interactions
14 Microglia in the CNS / Sophie Chabot, V. Wee Yong 379
15 Invasion of Ischemic Brain by Immune Cells / Hiroyuki Kato, Takanori Oikawa 401.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0896038823
OCLC:
47893067

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