Brain Plasticity [electronic resource] : Development and Aging /

I. Regulatory Mechanisms of Expression of Neuronal and Glial Phenotypes -- I. Genes Controlling Neural Fate and Differentiation -- 2. Neuronal Plasticity in Development: Lessons from Ethanol Neurotoxicity during Embryogenesis -- 3. Plasticity in Astrocytic Phenotypes: A Role For PKC, Tyrosine Kinases, and Cytoskeleton Signaling -- 4. Neuron-Glia Cross Talk in Rat Striatum after Transient Forebrain Ischemia -- 5. Regulation of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation by Fibroblast Growth Factors -- 6. Features and Functions of Human Microglia Cells -- 7. Migration and Proliferation of Mononuclear Phagocytes in the Central Nervous System -- 8. K+-Channels and Cytokines as Markers for Microglial Activation -- II. Neuronal Circuitry, Synaptic Plasticity, Regeneration -- 9. Anatomical and Functional Characteristics of Transplanted Monoaminergic Neurons in Paraplegic Rats -- 10. Regulation by Neurotransmitters of Glial Energy Metabolism -- 11. Dendritic Development of Visual Callosal Neurons -- 12. Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Plasticity in the Rat following Myenteric Denervation -- III. Neuronal Cell Death, Neuroprotection -- 13. Nerve Growth Factor and Oxidative Stress in the Nervous System -- 14. Role of Astrocytes in Glutamate Homeostasis: Implications for Excitotoxicity -- 15. Nerve Cell Death Induced by Ca2+ Ionophores in Dissociated Hippocampal Cultures: Protective Action of the NMDA Antagonist MK-801 -- 16. Is Increased Neurotoxicity a Burden of the Ageing Brain? -- 17. Alzheimer Disease: From Molecular Biology to Therapy -- IV. Neurotrophins and Neuromodulators, Neurohormones, Cell Adhesion Molecules -- 18. Steroid and Protein Regulators of Glial Cell Proliferation -- 19. Estrogens Influence Growth, Maturation, and Amyloid ? Peptide Production in Neuroblastoma Cells and in a ?-APP Transfected Kidney 293 Cell Line -- 20. Role of Testosterone in the Activation of Sexual Behavior and Neuronal Circuitries in the Senescent Brain -- 21. Endogenous Opioids and Prenatal Determinants of Neuroplasticity -- 22. Brain Plasticity and the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (NCAM).

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Filogamo, Guido. editor., Vernadakis, Antonia. editor., Gremo, Fulvia. editor., Privat, Alain M. editor., Timiras, Paola S. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1997
Subjects:	Medicine., Neurosciences., Animal physiology., Biomedicine., Animal Physiology.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9551-6
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