| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 249 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Introduction to the Schwann cell / Emily Mathey and Patricia J. Armati -- Early events in Schwann cell development / Rhona Mirsky and Kristján R. Jessen -- The molecular organisation of myelinating Schwann cells / Edgardo J. Arroyo and Steven S. Scherer -- The role of the extracellular matrix in Schwann cell development and myelination / Maria Laura Feltri and Lawrence Wrabetz -- The biology of perisynaptic (terminal) Schwann cells / Chien-Ping Ko, Yoshie Sugiura, and Zhihua Feng -- Cytokine and chemokine interactions with Schwann cells : the neuroimmunology of Schwann cells / Robert P. Lisak and Joyce A. Benjamins -- Schwann cells as immunomodulatory cells / Bernd C. Kieseier, Wei Hu, and Hans-Peter Hartung -- Mutations in Schwann cell genes causing inherited neuropathies / Michael E. Shy, John Kamholz, and Jun Li -- Guillain-Barré syndrome and the Schwann cell / Richard A.C. Hughes -- Chronic idiopathic demyelinating polyneuropathy and Schwann cells / John D. Pollard |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-245) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Neuroglia.
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Schwann Cells -- physiology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Armati, Patricia J.
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| ISBN |
0511274521 (electronic bk.) |
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0511275226 (electronic bk.) |
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0511541600 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511274527 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511275227 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511541605 (electronic bk.) |
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(Cloth) |
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(hbk.) |
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