Other Brain The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health

Name: Other Brain The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health
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ISBN: 9780743291422

ISBN-10: 0743291425

ISBN-13: 9780743291422

Edition: N/A

Authors: R. Douglas Fields

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Now in trade paperback - the importance of the brain's glial cells and why they may hold the key to memory and a variety of diseases.

Book details

List price: $25.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Discovering the Other Brain



Bubble Wrap or Brilliant Glue?



A Look Inside the Brain: The Cellular Components of the Brain



Transmissions from the Other Brain: Glia Know and Control Your Mind



Glia in Health and Disease


Mending the Mind: Glia Repairing Nervous System Damage and Disease



Brain Cancer: Almost Nothing to Do with Neurons



Brain and Spinal Cord Injury



Infection



Mental Health: Glia, Silent Partners in Mental Illness



Neurodegenerative Disorders



Glia and Pain: A Blessing and a Curse



Glia and Addiction: A Neuron-Glia Dependence



Mother and Child



Aging: Glia Rage against the Dying Light



Glia in Thought and Memory



The Mind of the Other Brain: Glia Controlling the Conscious and Unconscious Mind



Memory and Brain Power beyond Neurons



Thinking beyond Synapses



Into the Future: The New Brain


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index