Neuroglia in the Aging Brain

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Neuroglia in the Aging Brain is written by Jean de Vellis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1592591051 (ISBN 10) and 9781592591053 (ISBN 13).

A distinguished panel of internationally recognized neuroscientists comprehensively review the involvement of and changes in glial cells both during the normal aging process and in the major disorders of old age. Topics range from the cellular and molecular changes that occur with aging-especially aging-associated activation of astrocytes and microglia and its relation to neuronal injury and repair-to neuron-glia intercommunication. The contributors show how glial signals may be modulated by hormones, growth factors, neurotransmitters, intracellular metabolism, and intercellular exchanges, as well as by aging of the blood-brain barrier.