Müller cells in the healthy and diseased retina
Müller cells make up just 0.005% of the cells in our central nervous system. They do not belong to the more esteemed family of neuronal cells but to the glia, a family of cells that until recently were seen as mere filling material between the neurons. Now, however, all that has changed. Sharing the...
| Main Author: | Reichenbach, Andreas, 1950- |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Bringmann, Andreas., SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York ; London :
Springer,
2010.
New York ; London : 2010. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 417 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Basic properties of Müller cells
- Müller cell gliosis
- Müller cells in the healthy retina
- Retinal Development
- Müller cells as 'light cables'
- Soft Müller cells as shock absorbers and axon paths
- 'Metabolic symbiosis'
- Neurotransmitter recycling
- Retinal K+ homeostasis
- Retinal water homeostasis
- Other interactions
- Müller cells in the diseased retina
- Retinal detachment
- Diabetic retinopathy
- Macular edema
- Proliferative retinopathies
- Ischemia-reperfusion
- Hepatic retinopathy
- Retinoschisis
- Retinitis pigmentosa and support of neuronal survival
- Future directions
- Index.