Overview
- Covers the role of microglia in the healthy brain as well as in pathological conditions
- Presents the first comprehensive coverage of this hot topic
- Features contributions from the major names in the field across 5 continents
Part of the book series: Advances in Neurobiology (NEUROBIOL, volume 37)
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Introduction
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Basic Discoveries in Physiology
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General Pathophysiology of Microglia
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Marie-Eve Tremblay , Ph.D. is a Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Neurobiology of Aging and Cognition, and an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Sciences at the University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada. Her research findings have stimulated the development of a totally new field of research investigating the roles of microglia in the healthy brain.
Alexei Verkhratsky, MD, Ph.D., DSc. is Professor of Neurophysiology in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at The University of Manchester in Manchester, England. Alexei Verkhratsky is an internationally recognized scholar in the field of cellular neurophysiology, best known for his contributions to our knowledge of the physiology and pathophysiology of neuroglia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microglia
Book Subtitle: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Potential
Editors: Marie-Ève Tremblay, Alexei Verkhratsky
Series Title: Advances in Neurobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55529-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55528-2Published: 30 August 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-55531-2Due: 13 September 2025
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-55529-9Published: 29 August 2024
Series ISSN: 2190-5215
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5223
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 644
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Neurology, Immunology