Preface.

List of abbreviations.

PART I: Physiology of Glia.

1. Introduction to Glia.

2. General Overview of Signalling in the Nervous System.

3. Morphology of Glial Cells.

4. Glial Development.

5. General Physiology of Glial Cells.

6. Neuronal-Glial Interactions.

PART II: Glial Cells and Nervous System Function.

7. Astrocytes.

8. Oligodendrocytes, Schwann Cells and Myelination.

PART III: Glia and Nervous System Pathology.

9. General Pathophysiology of Glia.

10. Gila and Diseases of the Nervous System.

Conclusions.

Recommended Literature.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

Alexei Verkhratsky is Professor of Neurophysiology and Chairman of the Division of Neuroscience at the University of Manchester, UK.

Arthur Butt is Professor of Cellular Neurophysiology, Department of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK.

"This is a good book for neurosciences libraries." (Doody's Book Reviews)