The Biology of Oligodendrocytes

Herausgeber: Armati, Patricia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first dedicated review of all major aspects of oligodendrocyte biology and their role in disease and neural repair.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 607g
• ISBN-13: 9780521899659
• ISBN-10: 0521899656
• Artikelnr.: 29985417

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Preface; 1. CNS oligarchs. The rise of the
oligodendrocyte in a neuron-centric culture Emily Mathey, Ariel Arthur and
Patricia Armati; 2. Comparative biology of Schwann cells and
oligodendrocytes Rudolf Martini, Janos Groh and Udo Bartsch; 3. Control of
oligodendrocyte development and myelination in the vertebrate CNS Robert H.
Miller; 4. Molecular organization of the oligodendrocyte and myelin Grahame
Kidd and Bruce D. Trapp; 5. The genetics of oligodendrocytes Joseph A.
Nielsen, Pierre Lau and Lynn D. Hudson; 6. Immunobiology of the
oligodendrocyte David Kremer, Orhan Aktas, Hans-Peter Hartung and Patrick
Küry; 7. Oligodendrocytes and disease: repair, remyelination and stem cells
Neil Scolding; 8. Glial progenitor cells and the dynamics of the
oligodendrocyte and its myelin in the aged and injured CNS Jurate Lasiene
and Philip J. Horner; 9. Oligodendroglial pathology in MS Tanja Kuhlmann
and Wolfgang Brück; 10. Glutamate receptors, transporters, and
periventricular leukomalacia Tara M. Desilva and Paul A. Rosenberg;
References; Index.