Research Catalog

Title

Microglia in the regenerating and degenerating central nervous system / Wolfgang J. Streit, editor.

Publication

New York : Springer, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Streit, W. J. (Wolfgang J.)

Description

xi, 315 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Nervous system > Regeneration
• Microglia
• Nerve Degeneration
• Nerve Regeneration
• Nervous system > Degeneration

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Physiology and Pathophysiology of Microglial Cell Function / Wolfgang J. Streit -- 2. Roles of Microglia in the Developing Avian Visual System / Julio Navascues, Miguel A. Cuadros and Ruth Calvente / [et al.] -- 3. Microglial Ion Channels / Claudia Eder -- 4. Calcium Signaling in Microglial Cells / Thomas Moller -- 5. Microglia as a Source and Target of Cytokine Activities in the Brain / Uwe-Karsten Hanisch -- 6. Microglia and Macrophage Responses in Cerebral Ischemia / Guido Stoll, Sebastian Jander and Michael Schroeter -- 7. Role of Microglia and Macrophages in Secondary Injury of the Traumatized Spinal Cord: Troublemakers or Scapegoats? / Phillip G. Popovich -- 8. Microglial Response in the Axotomized Facial Motor Nucleus / Gennadij Raivich -- 9. Neuroprotective Roles of Microglia in the Central Nervous System / Kazuyuki Nakajima and Shinichi Kohsaka --
• 10. Influences of Activated Microglia/Brain Macrophages on Spinal Cord Injury and Regeneration / Alexander G. Rabchevsky -- 11. Opportunities for Axon Repair in the CNS: Use of Microglia and Biopolymer Compositions / Joshua B. Stopek, Wolfgang J. Streit and Eugene P. Goldberg -- 12. Beta Amyloid Protein Clearance and Microglial Activation / Sally A. Frautschy, Greg M. Cole and March D. Ard -- 13. Microglia and Aging in the Brain / Caleb E. Finch, Todd E. Morgan and Irina Rozovsky / [et al.].

ISBN

0387953019 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2001032813

OCLC

• ocm46882576
• SCSB-4792188

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries