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HANDBOOK OF NEUROCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT AND AGING CHANGES IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| Volume: |
2008 |
| By: |
Regino Perez-Polo (Editor), Steffen Rossner (Editor), Abel Lajtha |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£158.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0387326707 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780387326702 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC. |
| Pub. date: |
25 April, 2008 |
| Edition: |
3rd Revised edition |
| Pages: |
324 |
| Description: |
The nervous system is highly fragile, especially during aging, illness and trauma. This book addresses a small sampling of major constituents of neural function at the cellular and molecular level that play crucial roles in development and aging. |
| Synopsis: |
In the animal nervous system, a very high metabolic turnover, fragile but steep ionic gradients, and morphological and structural constraints - dictated by the necessity for prompt neuronal transmission of electrical impulses and necessary plasticity - result in a highly fragile organ system. Here, we address a small sampling of major constituents of neural function at the cellular and molecular level that play important roles in development and aging, two endogenous processes that embody features of allostasis or the dynamic shifts in set points for specific homeostatic mechanisms associated with development and aging. These chapters stress the dynamic features of neuronal responses to internal (developmental) cues or the more harmful external events (injury and disease) in a modern perspective. |
| Illustrations: |
48 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |