Description
Gap junctions between glial cells or neurons are ubiquitously expressed in the mammalian brain and play a role in brain development including cell differentiation, cell migration and survival, and tissue homeostasis, as well as in human diseases including hearing loss, neuropathies, epilepsy, brain trauma, and cardiovascular disease. This volume provides neuroscience researchers and students with a single source for information covering the physiological, behavioral and pathophysiological roles of gap junctions in the brain. In addition, the book also discusses human disease conditions associated with mutations in single gap junction connexion genes, making it applicable to clinicians doing translational research. Finally, it includes reviews of pharmacological studies with gap junction blockers and openers, summarizing information obtained from phenotyping gap junctions mouse mutants.
The most current and comprehensive reference available on the physiological, behavioral, and pathophysiological roles of gap junctions in the brain
About the Author
Ekrem Dere is full professor for the Pathophysiology of Cerebral Aging at the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris, France. His former team at the University in Dusseldorf, Germany, has provided the first behavioral evidence demonstrating that gap junctions in the brain play an important role in various behavioral processes.
Reviews
"Dere...introduces types of gap junctions, their structural aspects, expression patterns of connexins (transmembrane proteins), and gap junction- related diseases due to mutations in connexin genes. International researchers working in this emerging field discuss specific connexin genes and their mechanisms of action and function in the developing neocortx, behavior, and neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases." --Reference and Research Book News, February 2013
Book Information
ISBN 9780124159013
Author Ekrem Dere
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 1100g
The most current and comprehensive reference available on the physiological, behavioral, and pathophysiological roles of gap junctions in the brain
About the Author
Ekrem Dere is full professor for the Pathophysiology of Cerebral Aging at the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris, France. His former team at the University in Dusseldorf, Germany, has provided the first behavioral evidence demonstrating that gap junctions in the brain play an important role in various behavioral processes.
Reviews
"Dere...introduces types of gap junctions, their structural aspects, expression patterns of connexins (transmembrane proteins), and gap junction- related diseases due to mutations in connexin genes. International researchers working in this emerging field discuss specific connexin genes and their mechanisms of action and function in the developing neocortx, behavior, and neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases." --Reference and Research Book News, February 2013
Book Information
ISBN 9780124159013
Author Ekrem Dere
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Academic Press Inc
Publisher Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Weight(grams) 1100g
