InhaltsangabeForeword * Section I. Microglial Physiology * Physiology and Pathophysiology of Microglial Cell Function by Wolfgang J. Streit * Roles of Microglia in the Developing Visual System by Julio Navascues, Miguel A. Cuadros, Ruth Calvente, Jose L. Marin-Teva * Microglial Ion Channels by Claudia Eder * Calcium Signaling in Microglial Cells by Thomas Muller * Microglia as a Source and Target of Cytokine Activities in the Brain by Uwe-Karsten Hanisch * Section II. Acute CNS Injury and Repair * Microglia and Macrophage Responses in Cerebral Ischemia by Guido Stoll, Sebastian Jander, Michael Schroeter * Role of Microglia and Macrophages in Secondary Injury of the Traumatized Spinal Cord: Troublemakers or Scapegoats? by Phillip G. Popovich * Microglial Response in the Axotomized Facial Motor Nucleus by Gennadij Raivich * Neuroprotective Roles of Microglia in the Central Nervous System by Kazuyuki Nakajima, Shinichi Kohsaka * Influences of Activated Microglia/Brain Macrophages on Spinal Cord Injury and Regeneration by Alexander G. Rabchevsky * Opportunities for Axon Repair in the CNS: Use of Microglia and Biopolymer Compositions by Joshua B. Stopek, Wolfgang J. Streit, Eugene P. Goldberg * Section III. Alzheimer's Disease and Aging * Beta Amyloid Protein Clearance and Microglial Activiation by Sally A. Frautschy, Greg M. Cole, March D. Ard * Microglia and Aging in the Brain by Caleb E. Finch, Todd E. Morgan, Irina Rozovsky, Zhong Xie, Richard Weindruch, Tomas Prolla * Index