Neurocytology : fine structure of neurons, nerve processes, and neuroglial cells /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pannese, Ennio
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stuttgart ; New York : New York : G. Thieme Verlag ; Thieme Medical Publishers, 1994.
Subjects:
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