Screen LibraryGlial physiology and pathophysiology
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 ac...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118402061 |
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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. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 527 p. :) ill., ports. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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9781118402054 1118402057 9781118402061 (electronic bk.) 1118402065 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QP363 |
| CLC: | R338 |
| Contents: | History of neuroscience and the dawn of research in neuroglia -- General overview of signalling in the nervous system -- Neuroglia: definition, classification, evolution, numbers, development -- Astroglia -- Oligodendrocytes -- NG-2 glial cells -- Microglia -- Peripheral glial cells -- General pathophysiology of neuroglia -- Neuroglia in neurological diseases. |