The biology of oligodendrocytes / edited by Patricia J. Armati, Emily K. Mathey. — Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2010. – (59.429/B615)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface
    Contributors
    1 CNS oligarchs; the rise of the oligodendrocyte in a neuron-centric culture
    2 Comparative biology of Schwann cells and oligodendrocytes 19
    3 Control of oligodendrocyte development and myelination in the vertebrate CNS
    4 Molecular organization of the oligodendrocyte and myelin
    5 The genetics of oligodendrocytes
    6 Immunobiology of the oligodendrocyte
    7 Oligodendrocytes and disease: repair， remyelination and stem cells
    8 Glial progenitor cells and the dynamics of the oligodendrocyte and its myelin in the aged and injured CNS
    9 Oligodendroglial pathology in multiple sclerosis
    10 Glutamate receptors， transporters and periventricular leukomalacia
    References
    Index