Nerve membranes : a study of the biological and chemical aspects of neuron-glia relationships /

Nerve Membranes: A Study of the Biological and Chemical Aspects of Neuron-Glia Relationships presents the various aspects of neuronal and glial structure and function. This book provides an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of neuron-glia relationships and of membranes in the nervous system...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Johnston, Patricia V. (Patricia Veicht), 1932-, Roots, Betty I. (Betty Ida) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, [1972]
Edición:[1st ed.].
Colección:International series of monographs on pure and applied biology. Division, Zoology ; v. 36.
Temas:
Nerve tissue.
Membranes (Biology)
Cell Membrane > physiology
Neuroglia > physiology
Neurons > physiology
Nerve Tissue
Membranes
Tissu nerveux.
Membranes (Biologie)
Nerve tissue
Nervenzelle
Plasmamembran
Animals > Nervous system > Cells > Membranes
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  • Front Cover; Nerve Membranes: A Study of the Biological and Chemical Aspects of Neuron-Glia Relationships; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. CONSIDERATION OF SOME FEATURES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ULTRASTRUCTURE OF NERVOUS SYSTEMS; I. Neurons; II. Neuroglia; III. The Organization of Nervous Tissue; CHAPTER 3. THE FUNCTIONS OF GLIA AND ASPECTS OF FUNCTIONAL NEURON-GLIA INTERRELATIONSHIPS; I. Myelination; II. Trophic and Metabolic Relationships
  • III. The Role of Glia in the Water and Ion Balances of the Nervous System and in the Blood Brain BarrierIV. Electrical Activity and Glia; CHAPTER 4. EXTRACELLULAR SPACE AND THE PATHWAYS OF IONS AND NUTRIENTS; I. Introduction; II. Ground Substance; III. The Extent of the Extracellular Space; IV. Glia, Extracellular Space, and the Pathways of Ions and Nutrients; CHAPTER 5. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES: BACKGROUND MATERIAL; I. Monolayers, Bilayers, Micelles, and Liquid Crystals: Definitions; II. Intermolecular Forces; III. Water Structure and Hydrophobic Bonding
  • IV. Semiconductivity, Piezoelectricity, and FerromagnetismV. Chemistry of Electron Microscopy; VI. Synthetic Membrane Systems; CHAPTER 6. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES: RECENT THEORIES; I. Membrane Composition; II. Molecular Organization in Membranes; CHAPTER 7. STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN NEURAL MEMBRANES: CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, SOME RECENT THEORIES, AND CONCLUSIONS REGARDING PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF NEURON-GLIA INTERRELATIONSHIPS; I. The Diversity of Membranes in Nervous Systems; II. Chemical Composition of Nervous Systems
  • III. Some Recent Theories of Structure and Function in Neural MembranesIV. Conclusions Regarding Present Knowledge of Neuron-Glia Interrelationships; APPENDIX: AN OUTLINE CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

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