Astrocytes. Biochemistry, Physiology, and Pharmacology of Astrocytes

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
FOREWORD, Pages ix-x, SERGEY FEDOROFF, ANTONIA VERNADAKIS
PREFACE, Page xi, SERGEY FEDOROFF, ANTONIA VERNADAKIS
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF ASTROCYTES, Pages 1-49, B.R. RANSOM, W.G. CARLINI
IONIC CHANNELS IN GLIAL CELLS, Pages 51-75, YOHEVED BERWALD-NETTER, ANNETTE KOULAKOFF, LINDA NOWAK, PHILIPPE ASCHER
ASTROGLIA CELLS IN CULTURE: RECEPTORS AND CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDES, Pages 77-106, BERND HAMPRECHT
CATECHOLAMINE AND SEROTONIN UPTAKE IN ASTROCYTES, Pages 107-131, H.K. KIMELBERG
AMINO ACID UPTAKE, Pages 133-153, E. HÖSLI, L. HÖSLI, A. SCHOUSBOE
THE SUPPLY OF CHOLINE TO GLIAL CELLS, Pages 155-178, R. MASSARELLI, S. MYKITA, G. SORRENTINO
ROLE OF ASTROCYTES IN COMPARTMENTATION OF AMINO ACID AND ENERGY METABOLISM, Pages 179-208, LEIF HERTZ, ARNE SCHOUSBOE
ENZYME INDUCTION AND REGULATION OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS, Pages 209-237, JEAN DE VELLIS, DORIS K. WU, SHALINI KUMAR
DISTRIBUTION AND REGULATION OF HYDROGEN IONS IN ASTROCYTES, Pages 239-250, H. STEVE WHITE, TOSHIHIRO HONDA, SIEN-YAO CHOW, DIXON M. WOODBURY
ASTROCYTIC LIPIDS AND THEIR METABOLISM, Pages 251-278, JULIAN N. KANFER
NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF CULTURED ASTROGLIAL CELLS, Pages 279-293, M. SENSENBRENNER, G. LABOURDETTE, B. PETTMANN, M. WEIBEL
NEURONAL–GLIAL INTERACTIONS, Pages 295-314, JEAN LAUDER, KEN MCCARTHY
ASTROGLIAL CELL CONTRIBUTIONS TO NEURONAL SURVIVAL AND NEURITIC GROWTH, Pages 315-376, MARSTON MANTHORPE, JOHN S. RUDGE, SILVIO VARON
CHANGES IN ASTROCYTES WITH AGING, Pages 377-407, ANTONIA VERNADAKIS
INDEX, Pages 409-421