Gap Junctions in the Brain: Physiological and Pathological Roles - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 012415901X ISBN 13 : 9780124159013

Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 2012

Synopsis

Gap junctions between glial cells or neurons are ubiquitously expressed in the mammalian brain and play a role in brain development including cell differentiation, cell migration and survival, and tissue homeostasis, as well as in human diseases including hearing loss, neuropathies, epilepsy, brain trauma, and cardiovascular disease. This volume provides neuroscience researchers and students with a single source for information covering the physiological, behavioral and pathophysiological roles of gap junctions in the brain. In addition, the book also discusses human disease conditions associated with mutations in single gap junction connexion genes, making it applicable to clinicians doing translational research. Finally, it includes reviews of pharmacological studies with gap junction blockers and openers, summarizing information obtained from phenotyping gap junctions mouse mutants.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ekrem Dere is full professor for the Pathophysiology of Cerebral Aging at the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris, France. His former team at the University in Düsseldorf, Germany, has provided the first behavioral evidence demonstrating that gap junctions in the brain play an important role in various behavioral processes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Academic Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 012415901X
• ISBN 13: 9780124159013
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Éditeur: Dere PhD Ekrem
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Elsevier GmbH; https://www.elsevier.com/; ; Jägerstraße 41; Berlin; Berlin; 10117; Allemagne