Research Catalog

Title

The functional roles of glial cells in health and disease : dialogue between glia and neurons / edited by Rebecca Matsas and Marco Tsacopoulos.

Publication

New York : Kluwer/Plenum, c1999.

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Additional Authors

• European Meeting on Glial Cell Function in Health and Disease: Dialogue between Glia and Neurons (3rd : 1998 : Athens, Greece)
• Matsas, Rebecca.
• Tsacopoulos, Marco.

Description

x, 389 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 468

Uniform Title

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 468.

Subject

• Neuroglia > physiology
• Neuroglia

Genre/Form

Congress.

Note

• "Proceedings of the 3rd European Meeting on Glial Cell Function in Health and Disease: Dialogue between Glia and Neurons, held May 6-10, 1998, in Athens, Greece"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Glial Cell Development. 1. Developmental Regulation in the Schwann Cell Lineage / K. R. Jessen and R. Mirsky. 2. Transcriptional Regulation of the POU Gene Oct-6 in Schwann Cells / Wim Mandemakers, Ronald Zwart and Robert Kraay / [et al.]. 3. Glia Development in the Embryonic CNS of Drosophila / Christian Klambt, Kristina Schimmelpfeng and Thomas Hummel. 4. Role and Mechanism of Action of Glial Cell Deficient/Glial Cell Missing (Glide/gcm), the Fly Glial Promoting Factor / A. A. Miller, R. Bernardoni and C. Hindelang / [et al.] -- Pt. II. Glia in Neurotransmission, Neuromodulation, and Neuron Survival. 5. Expression and Functional Analysis of Glutamate Receptors in Glial Cells / Daniele F. Condorelli, Fiorenzo Conti and Vittorio Gallo / [et al.]. 6. Astrocytes as Active Participants of Glutamatergic Function and Regulators of Its Homeostasis / Paola Bezzi, Sabino Vesce and Patrizia Panzarasa / [et al.].
• 7. Glia-Neuron Interaction by High-Affinity Glutamate Transporters in Neurotransmission / Thomas Rauen, Frauke Fischer and Michael Wiessner. 8. On How Altered Glutamate Homeostasis May Contribute to Demyelinating Diseases of the CNS / Carlos Matute, Maria Domereq and David J. Fogarty / [et al.]. 9. Possible Role of Microglial Prostanoids and Free Radicals in Neuroprotection and Neurodegeneration / Luisa Minghetti, Elisabetta Polazzi and Alessia Nicolini / [et al.] -- Pt. III. Glia, Inflammation, and Cytokines. 10. The Role of Microglia and Astrocytes in CNS Immune Surveillance and Immunopathology / Francesca Aloisi. 11. The Role of Chemokines in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis / N. Woodroofe, A. K. Cross and K. Harkness / [et al.]. 12. Humoral and Cellular Immune Functions of Cytokine-Treated Schwann Cells / Gisela Wohlleben, Hans-Peter Hartung and Ralf Gold.
• 13. Axotomy-Induced Glial Reactions in Normal and Cytokine Transgenic Mice / B. Finsen, M. B. Jensen and N. D. Lomholt / [et al.] -- Pt. IV. Glia in CNS Plasticity and Regeneration. 14. Contribution of Astrocytes to Activity-Dependent Structural Plasticity in the Adult Brain / Dionysia T. Theodosis and Dominique A. Poulain. 15. The Role of Oligodendrocytes and Oligodendrocyte Progenitors in CNS Remyelination / Hans S. Keirstead and William F. Blakemore. 16. Growth Promoting and Inhibitory Effects of Glial Cells in the Mammalian Nervous System / Sabine Hirsch and Mathias Bahr. 17. Neurite Outgrowth Inhibitors in Gliotic Tissue / Manuel Nieto-Sampedro -- Pt. V. Transgenic Models of Human Myelin Diseases. 18. Connexin32 in Hereditary Neuropathies / Dirk H. H. Neuberg and Ueli Suter. 19. Genetic Analysis of Myelin Galactolipid Function / Brian Popko, Jeffrey L. Dupree and Timothy Coetzee / [et al.].
• 20. Transgenic Models of TNF Induced Demyelination / Katerina Akassoglou, Jan Bauer and George Kassiotis / [et al.]. 21. Dysmyelination in Mice and the Proteolipid Protein Gene Family / L. Dimou, M. Klugmann and H. Werner / [et al.] -- Pt. VI. Neuron-Glial Communication: Neurotrophins and Cell Adhesion Molecules. 22. Neurotrophins in Cell Survival/Death Decisions / P. Casaccia-Bonnefil, C. Gu and M. V. Chao. 23. Neuregulin in Neuron/Glial Interactions in the Central Nervous System: GGF2 Diminishes Autoimmune Demyelination, Promotes Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Expansion, and Enhances Remyelination / Mark A. Marchionni, Barbara Cannella and Carolyn Hoban / [et al.]. 24. Adhesion Molecule Expression and Phenotype of Glial Cells in the Olfactory Tract / Susan C. Barnett and Isabelle A. Franceschini. 25. Bidirectional Signaling between Neurons and Glial Cells via the F3 Neuronal Adhesion Molecule / Jean-Michel Revest, Catherine Faivre-Sarrailh and Melitta Schachner / [et al.] --
• Pt. VII. Connexins and Information Transfer through Glia. 26. Connexins and Information Transfer through Glia / Roberto Bruzzone and Christian Giaume. 27. Gap Junctions in Glia: Types, Roles, and Plasticity / David C. Spray, Heather S. Duffy and Eliana Scemes. 28. Metabolic Coupling and the Role Played by Astrocytes in Energy Distribution and Homeostasis / Jose M. Medina, Christian Giaume and Arantxa Tabernero.

ISBN

0306462052

LCCN

99042891

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries