List of contributors

Preface

List of abbreviations

1 Changing concepts on the role of glia

Peter R. Laming

2 The phylogeny of glial-neuronal relationships and behaviour

Betty I. Roots

Peter R. Laming

3 Glial cells in brain development and plasticity

Christian M. Muller

4 The retina as a model of glial function in the brain

Andreas Reichenbach

Serguei N. Skatchkov

Winfried Reichelt

5 Metabolic trafficking between neurons and glia

Stephen R. Robinson

Arne Schousboe

Ralf Dringen

Pierre Magistretti

Jonathan Coles

Leif Hertz

6 Transmitter receptor and uptake systems in astrocytes and their relation to behaviour

Harold K. Kimelberg

Tuula O. Jalonen

Chiye Aoki

Ken McCarthy

7 Glial regulation of the neuronal microenvironment

Eva Sykova

Elisabeth Hansson

Lars Ronnback

Charles Nicholson

8 Role of periaxonal glia in nerve conduction

N. Joan Abbott

9 Transplantation of myelin-forming glial cells into the spinal cord: restoration of normal conduction in previously demyelinated axons

Jeffery D. Kocsis

Stephen G. Waxman

10 Contributions of potassium currents and glia to slow potential shifts (SPSs)

Uwe Heinemann

Wolfgang Walz

11 Acid/alkaline transients and pH regulation by glia

Joachim W. Deitmer

12 Intracranial slow potential shifts and behavioural state

Peter R. Laming

Alister U. Nicol

John V. Roughan

13 Slow scalp recorded brain potentials, sensory processing and cognition

Herbert Bauer

Niels Birbaumer

Frank Rosler

14 Recent evidence from around the brain for structural plasticity of astrocytes in the adult CNS

Adrienne K. Salm

Nicholas Hawrylak

Joanna B. Bobak

Glenn I. Hatton

Chiye Aoki

15 Astrocytic involvement in learning

Kim T. Ng

Ciaran Regan

Brona O'Dowd

References

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