Gap Junctions in the Nervous System
Published on 1. November 1996
Book
Hardback
XV, 317 pages
978-3-540-61563-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book deals with the types of gap junction proteins (connexins) and their distribution within the nervous system, the physiological properties of channels formed of each connexin, and the role of gap junction channels in functions of normal and pathological brain and peripheral nerve. Although glial tissue is emphasized, additional groups of chapters deal with neurons in the central nervous system and with the retina.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20
176 s/w Abbildungen, 20 s/w Tabellen
176 black & white illustrations, 20 black & white tables, biography
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Weight
1040 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-61563-7 (9783540615637)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-21935-5
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Content
1. Gap Junctions in the Nervous System: An Introduction.- 2. Molecular Diversity and Plasticity of Gap Junctions in the Nervous System.- 3. Physiological Properties of Gap Junction Channels in the Nervous System.- 4. Gap Junctions as Electrical Synapses.- 5. Cell Coupling in the Retina.- 6. The Modulation of Gap Junction Permeability in the Retina.- 7. Modulation of Connexon Density in Gap Junctions of Fish Horizontal Cells.- 8. Characterization and Regulation of Gap Junction Channels in Cultured Astrocytes.- 9. Do Glial Gap Junctions Play a Role in Extracellular Ion Homeostasis?.- 10. Subcellular Topography and Plasticity of Gap Junction Distribution on Astrocytes.- 11. Effect of Gap Junctional Communication on Glioma Cell Function.- 12. Gap Junctional Communication in Mammalian Cortical Astrocytes: Development, Modifiability and Possible Functions.- 13. Connexin32 and X-Linked-Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease.- 14. Regulation of Connexin Expression in Schwann Cells.- 15. Gap Junction Expression in the Olfactory System.- 16. Temporal Expression of Gap Junctions During Neuronal Ontogeny.- 17. Dendritic Gap Junctions in Developing Neocortex: A Possible Route for Wave-Like Propagation of Neuronal Activity.- 18. Electric Coupling in Epileptogenesis.- 19. Spreading Depression-A Gap Junction Mediated Event?.