Glial Neurobiology: A Textbook: An Introduction by Verkhratsky, Butt HB^+

Glial NeurobiologyA Textbook\nAuthor(s): Alexei Verkhratsky, Arthur Butt\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc\nISBN-13: 9780470015643, 978-0470015643\nSynopsis\n\""This volume is a very valuable and much needed contribution.\"" Quarterly Review of Biology AT LAST - A comprehensive, accessible textbook on glial neurobiology! Glial cells are the most numerous cells in the human brain but for many years have attracted little scientific attention. Neurophysiologists concentrated their research efforts instead, on neurones and neuronal networks because it was thought that they were the key elements responsible for higher brain function. Recent advances, however, indicate this isnt exactly the case. Not only are astroglial cells the stem elements from which neurones are born, but they also control the development, functional activity and death of neuronal circuits. These ground-breaking developments have revolutionized o.