Astrocytes. Biochemistry, Physiology, and Pharmacology of Astrocytes

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
FOREWORD, Pages xi-xii, SERGEY FEDOROFF, ANTONIA VERNADAKIS
PREFACE, Page xiii, SERGEY FEDOROFF, ANTONIA VERNADAKIS
IMMUNOLOGICAL MARKERS IN ASTROCYTES, Pages 1-25, DORIS DAHL, HÅKAN BJÖRKLUND, AMICO BIGNAMI
THE CYTOSKELETON, Pages 27-60, V.I. KALNINS, L. SUBRAHMANYAN, M. OPAS
MEMBRANE STRUCTURE IN ASTROCYTES, Pages 61-76, DENNIS M.D. LANDIS
PROLIFERATION AND CELL CYCLE PARAMETERS OF ASTROCYTES, Pages 77-127, HUBERT KORR
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ASTROCYTIC SWELLING, Pages 129-166, H.K. KIMELBERG, B.R. RANSOM
DEVELOPING ASTROGLIA IN ABNORMAL THYROID STATES, Pages 167-182, J. CLOS
GLIAL HORMONE RECEPTORS: THYROID HORMONES AND MICROTUBULES IN GLIOMAS AND NEUROBLASTOMAS, Pages 183-201, D.J. DRAVES, P.S. TIMIRAS, N.B. MANLEY
THE ROLE OF ASTROCYTES IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE IMMUNE AND NERVOUS SYSTEM, Pages 203-229, WALTER FIERZ, ADRIANO FONTANA
REACTIVE GLIOSIS, Pages 231-262, RONALD M. LINDSAY
GLIOSIS FOLLOWING CNS INJURY: THE ANATOMY OF ASTROCYTIC SCARS AND THEIR INFLUENCES ON AXONAL ELONGATION, Pages 263-324, PAUL J. REIER
ASTROCYTE MODIFICATIONS IN NEUROLOGICAL MUTATIONS OF THE MOUSE, Pages 325-336, NICOLE BAUMANN, CLAUDE JACQUE, PIERRE DUPOUEY
ASTROCYTOMA, Pages 337-356, J. GREGORY CAIRNCROSS
ASTROCYTES IN HUNTINGTON\'S CHOREA, Pages 357-386, LINDA L. VACCA-GALLOWAY
ASTROCYTES IN ALEXANDER\'S DISEASE, Pages 387-400, DOMINIQUE HÉNIN, JEAN-JACQUES HAUW, RAYMOND ESCOUROLLE
ASTROCYTES IN EPILEPSY, Pages 401-424, EVELYN TIFFANY-CASTIGLIONI, A.J. CASTIGLIONI JR.
HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY: A DISORDER OF ASTROCYTES, Pages 425-460, MICHAEL D. NORENBERG
INDEX, Pages 461-472