Handbook Of Neurochemistry And Molecular Neurobiology: Development And Aging Changes In The Nervous System

In the animal nervous system, a very high metabolic turnover, fragile but steep ionic gradients, and morphological and structural constraints - dictated by the necessity for prompt neuronal transmission of electrical impulses and necessary plasticity - result in a highly fragile organ system.

• | Edited By: Regino Perez-Polo
• | Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• | Publication Date: Jun 06, 2008
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 324 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0387326707
• | ISBN-13: 9780387326702