Neurocytology : fine structure of neurons, nerve processes, and neuroglial cells /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stuttgart ; New York : New York :
G. Thieme Verlag ; Thieme Medical Publishers,
1994.
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Table of Contents:
- Historical notes on neurons and interneuronal connections
- Some evolutionary aspects and general features of neurons
- Shape and size of neurons
- Different types of neuron
- Structure of neurons
- Perikaryon
- Nucleus
- Dendrites
- Axon
- Plasma membrane
- Intercellular junctions involving neurons
- Interneuronal adherent junctions
- Interneuronal chemical synapses
- Motor end plate
- Structural aspects of synaptic activity
- Synaptic plasticity and age-related changes in synapses
- Relationship between axons of the autonomic neurvous system and effector cells
- Electrotonic and mixed junctions
- Synapse-like junctions involving neuroglial cells
- Neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system
- Historical notes
- Some evolutionary aspects
- Satellite cells of sensory and autonomic ganglia
- Schwann cells and the myelin sheath
- Classification and roles of the neuroglial cells of the peripheral nervous system
- Neuroglial cells of the central nervous system
- Historical notes
- Some evolutionary aspects
- Ependymal cells
- Choroidal epithelium
- Astrocytes
- Oligodendrocytes
- Transitional forms between astrocytes and oligodendrocytes
- Renewal of the neuroglial cell population
- Microglial cells
- Historical notes
- Resting microglia
- Neural macrophages
- Cellular organization of the nervous system
- Blood vessels of the central nervous system
- Arteries
- Capillaries and the blood-brain barrier
- Veins