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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
- 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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