Purinergic Signalling in Neuron-Glia Interactions

Symposium on Purinergic signalling in neuron-gliainteractions, held at the Novartis Foundation, London,7-9 June 2005.
Editors: Derek J. Chadwick (Organizer) and JamieGoode.
This symposium was based on a proposal made by R. DouglasFields.
R. Douglas Fields Chair's introduction.
Kristjan R. Jessen A brief look at glial cells.
Bernard Zalc The acquisition of myelin: a successstory.
Discussion.
Geoffrey Burnstock Purinergic signalling--anoverview.
Discussion.
General discussion I.
Kenneth A. Jacobson, Stefano Costanzi, Bhalchandra V.Joshi, Pedro Besada, Dae Hong Shin, Hyojin Ko, AndreiIvanov and Liaman Mamedova Agonists and antagonists forP2 receptors.
Discussion.
Eduardo Lazarowski Regulated release of nucleotides andUDP sugars from astrocytoma cells.
Discussion.
Maria P. Abbracchio and Claudia VerderioPathophysiological roles of P2 receptors in glial cells.
Discussion.
General discussion II.
Herbert Zimmermann ectonucleotidases in the nervoussystem.
Discussion.
Joseph T. Neary, Yuan Kang, You-fang Shi, Minh D. Tranand Ina B. Wanner P2 receptor signalling, proliferation ofastrocytes, and expression of molecules involved in cell-cellinteractions.
Discussion.
R. Douglas Fields nerve impulses regulate myelinationthrough purinergic signalling.
Discussion.
Beth Stevens Cross-talk between growth factor andpurinergic signalling regulates Schwann cell proliferation.
Discussion.
Freddy Jeanneteau and Moses V. Chao Promotingneurotrophic effects by GPCR ligands.
Discussion.
Eric A. Newman A purinergic dialogue between glia andneurons in the retina.
Discussion.
Tommaso Fellin, Jai-Yoon Sul, Marcello D'Ascenzo,Hajime Takano, Olivier Pascual and Philip G.Haydon Bidirectional astrocyte-neuron communication: themany roles of glutamate and ATP.
Discussion.
Keith J. Todd and Richard Robitailleneuron-glia interactions at the neuromuscular synapse.
Discussion.
General discussion III.
Stéphane H.R. Oliet, Aude Panatier and RichardPiet Functional neuronal-glial anatomical remodelling inthe hypothalamus.
Discussion.
Francesco Di Virgilio Purinergic signalling between axonsand microglia.
Discussion.
Kazuhide Inoue ATP receptors of microglia involved inpain.
Discussion.
Final discussion.
Index of contributors.
Subject index.