Glial Cells
Their Role in Behaviour

This 1998 book discusses how neurons and glial cells interact with each other to influence behaviour.

Peter R. Laming (Edited by), Eva Syková (Edited by), Andreas Reichenbach (Edited by), Glenn I. Hatton (Edited by), Herbert Bauer (Edited by)

9780521183826, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 February 2011

446 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.77 kg

Review of the hardback: 'This is a challenging, but overall, very good book.' Brain

In mammals the glial (or glue) cells contribute some 50% of the volume of the brain. In contrast to the traditional view that they have a purely physically supportive role, research in the last three decades has shown that glia interact morphologically, biochemically and physiologically with neurons during changes in behaviour. The evidence suggests that glia may modulate neuronal activity and thereby influence behaviour. This 1998 book was the first to describe and discuss these neuronal–glial interactions in relation to behaviour. A distinguished set of authors discuss these interactions from a number of viewpoints, and the book will familiarise neuroscientists, zoologists, physiologists and psychologists with the new knowledge of how neurons and glial cells interact with each other to affect behaviour.

Preface
1. Changing concepts on the role of glia Peter Laming
2. The phylogeny of glial–neuronal relationships and behaviour Betty Roots and Peter Laming
3. Glial cells in brain development and plasticity Christian Müller
4. The retina as a model of glial function in the brain Andreas Reichenbach, Serguei N. Skatchkov and Winfried Reichelt
5. Metabolic trafficking between neurons and glia Stephen R. Robinson, Arne Schousboe, Ralf Dringen, Pierre Magistretti, Jonathan Coles and Leif Hertz
6. Transmitter receptor and uptake systems in astrocytes and their relation to behaviour Harold K. Kimelberg, Tuula O. Jalonen, Chiye Aoki and Ken McCarthy
7. Glial regulation of the neuronal microenvironment Eva Sykova, Elisabeth Hansson, Lars Rönnbäck and Charles Nicholson
8. Role of periaxonal glia in nerve conduction Joan Abbott
9. Transplantation of myelin-forming glial cells into the spinal cord: restoration of normal conduction in previously demyelinated axons Jeffery D. Kocsis and Stephen G. Waxman
10. Contributions of potassium currents and glia to slow potential shifts Uwe Heinemann and Wolfgang Walz
11. Acid alkaline transients and pH regulation glia Joachim Deitmer
12. Intra-cranial slow potential shifts and behavioural state Peter Laming, Alister Nichol and John Roughan
13. Slow brain potentials, sensory processing and cognition Herbert Bauer, Niels Birbaumer and Frank Roesler
14. Recent evidence from around the brain for structural plasticity of astrocytes in the adult CNS Adrienne Salm, N. Hawrylak, J. B. Bobak, G. I. Hatton and C. Aoki
15. Astrocytic involvement in learning Kim Ng, Ciaran Regan and Brona O'Dowd
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Animal behaviour [PSVP], Neurosciences [PSAN]