Glial Cells in Health and Disease of the CNS

A timely overview covering the three major types of glial cells in the central nervous system - astrocytes,microglia, andoligodendrocytes.New findings on glia biology areoverturning a century of conventional thinkingabout how the brain operates and areexpandingourknowledge about information processing in the brain.The book willpresent recent research findings on the role of glial cells in both healthy function anddisease. It willcomprehensively cover abroad spectrum oftopics whileremainingcompact in size.