Astrocytes and epilepsy /

Hubbard, JA.

Astrocytes and epilepsy / Jacqueline A. Hubbard and Devin K. Binder, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA. - United Kingdom: Elsevier; 2016. - xii, 381 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm

"Elsevier science & technology books."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History of astrocytes -- Astrocytes in the mammalian brain -- Gliotransmitters -- Types of epilepsy -- Neuropathology of human epilepsy -- Astrocyte calcium signaling -- Potassium channels -- Water channels -- Glutamate metabolism -- Adenosine metabolism -- Gap junctions -- Blood-brain barrier disruption -- Inflammation -- Therapeutic targets and future directions.

9780128024010 0128024011


Nervous System--Astrocytes.
Epilepsy--Molecular aspects.
Epilepsy--physiopathology.
Astrocytes--metabolism.
Astrocytes.

WL 101 / H 81

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