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| Foreword to Ed. 3Introduction | |
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| Properties of Neuroglial Cells | |
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| Evolution of glial cells: insights from invertebrate glia | |
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| Evolution of glial cells | |
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| Invertebrate glia | |
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| Non-mammalian, vertebrate glia | |
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| Morphology, Ultrastructure and Identification | |
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| Astrocyctes and Ependymal Glia | |
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| Radial glial cells | |
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| Structure and Function of Oligodendrocytes | |
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| Schwann cells and myelin | |
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| Microglial Cells | |
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| Pericytes of the central nervous system | |
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| NG2 Cells (Polydendrocytes) | |
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| Glial Cells in autonomic and sensory ganglia | |
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| Lineage and development | |
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| Astrocyte Development | |
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| Lineage and development: Oligodendrocytes | |
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| The Schwann Cell Lineage: Cellular Transitions During Development and After Injury | |
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| Microglia Lineage and Development | |
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| Physiological Properties | |
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| Physiology of astrocytes: Ion channels and ion transporters | |
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| Release of gliotransmitters and transmitter receptors in astrocytes | |
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| Storage and release of non-transmitter signaling molecules from macroglia | |
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| Physiology of microglia | |
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| Physiology of Oligodendrocytes | |
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| Physiological Properties of NG2+ Glial Cells | |
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| Cytokine, chemokine and growth factor receptors and signaling | |
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| Lipids, lipid mediators and other signaling molecules | |
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| Gap Junctions and Hemichannels | |
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| Purinergic Mechanisms in Glial Cells | |
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| Calcium signalling in neuroglia | |
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| The Central Role of Astrocytes in Neuroenergetics | |
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| Genomic Profiles | |
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| The Astrocyte Transcriptome | |
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| Gene expression patterns of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells and oligodendroglia | |
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| Functions of Neuroglial Cells | |
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| Outer Subventricular Zone Radial Glial Cells | |
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| Glial control of synaptogenesis | |
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| Neuron Migration and Axon Guidance | |
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| The Role of Glia in the Formation and Function of the Blood-Brain Barrier | |
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| Control of the extracellular ionic environment and volume | |
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| Amino Acid Neurotransmitter Synthesis and Removal | |
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| Glycogen and Energy Metabolism | |
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| Astrocyte regulation of neurovascular control | |
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| Modulation of synaptic function and network activity | |
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| Astrocytic modulation of mammalian synapses circuits and behaviors | |
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| Adult neurogenesis | |
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| Modulation of neuroendocrine systems | |
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| Oligodendrocytes/Schwann cells | |
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| Myelin, Impulse Conduction, and the Pathophysiology of Demyelination | |
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| Transcription factors in myelinating cells | |
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| Factors controlling myelin formation | |
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| Regulation of Myelination by Functional Activity | |
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| Iron and Glia | |
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| Microglia | |
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| Role of microglia in the normal brain | |
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| Factors controlling microglial activation | |
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| Roles of activated microglia | |
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| Immune functions of microglia | |
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| Role of glial cells in disease | |
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| Mechanisms of glial injury | |
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| Astrocyte Responses to CNS Injury and Disease | |
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| Metabolic injury of oligodendrocytes and myelin | |
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| Interaction of microglia with neurons and astrocytes under lesioned neuronal conditions | |
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| Schwann cells and injury | |
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| Recovery of Neural Function | |
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| Nerve Regeneration in the Peripheral Nervous System | |
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| Nerve fibre regeneration in the CNS of higher vertebrates | |
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| Glial Cell Transplantation for CNS Repair | |
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| Diseases | |
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| Focal cerebral ischemia: The multifaceted role of glial cells | |
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| Gliomas | |
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| Malignant Glioma | |
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| Glial tumors in Neurofibromatosis and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex | |
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| Demyelinating diseases | |
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| Multiple Sclerosis | |
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| Genetic mutations affecting myelin formation | |
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| Neurodegenerative Diseases | |
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| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) | |
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| Alzheimer's disease | |
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| Huntington disease, Parkinson disease and other neurodegenerative diseases | |
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| Infectious diseases | |
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| Glia in Bacterial and Viral CNS Infections | |
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| Miscellaneous diseases | |
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| Neuroglia in Hepatic Encephalopathy | |
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| Microglia and Pain | |
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| Genetic disorders affecting astrocytes | |
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| Epilepsy | |
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| Psychiatric Disorders | |
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