Müller Cells in the Healthy and Diseased Retina /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reichenbach, Andreas. (Author), Bringmann, Andreas. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Subjects:
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.