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000340395 1001_ $$aFields, R. Douglas.
000340395 24514 $$aThe other brain :$$bfrom dementia to schizophrenia, how new discoveries about the brain are revolutionizing medicine and science /$$cR. Douglas Fields.
000340395 250__ $$a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
000340395 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2010.
000340395 300__ $$ax, 371 p., [16] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm.
000340395 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000340395 5050_ $$aBubble wrap or brilliant glue? -- A look inside the brain: the cellular components of the brain -- Transmissions from the other brain: glia know and control your mind -- Brain cancer: almost nothing to do with neurons -- Brain and spinal cord injury -- Infection -- Mental health: glia, silent partners in mental illness -- Neurodegenerative disorders -- Glia and pain: a blessing and a curse -- Glia and addiction: a neuron-glia dependence -- Mother and child -- Aging: glia rage against the dying light -- The mind of the other brain: glia controlling the conscious and unconscious mind -- Memory and brain power beyond neurons -- Thinking beyond synapses -- Into the future: the new brain.
000340395 5201_ $$a"Despite everything that has been written about the brain, a very important part of this vital organ has been overlooked in most books - until now. The Other Brain is the story of glia, which make up approximately 85 percent of the cells in the brain. Long neglected as little more than cerebral packing material ("glia" means glue), glia are sparking a revolution in brain science." "Glia are completely different from neurons, the brain cells that we are familiar with. Scientists are discovering that glia have their own communication network, which operates in parallel to the more familiar communication among neurons. Glia provide the insulation for the neurons, and glia even regulate the flow of information between neurons." "But it is the potential breakthroughs for medical science that are the most exciting frontier in glia research today. Diseases such as brain cancer and multiple sclerosis are caused by diseased glia. Glia are now believed to play an important role in such psychiatric illnesses as schizophrenia and depression, and in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. They are linked to infectious diseases such as HIV and priori disease (mad cow disease, for example) and to chronic pain. Scientists have discovered that glia repair the brain and spinal cord after injury and stroke. The more we learn about these cells that make up the "other" brain, the more important they seem to be."--BOOK JACKET.
000340395 650_0 $$aBrain$$xPhysiology.
000340395 650_0 $$aBrain chemistry.
000340395 650_0 $$aCognitive neuroscience.
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