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  1. Where the thoughts dwell: history of neuroscience and introduction into neuroglia

  • Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
• 35 min
  2. Astrocytes: definition, appearance and general physiology 1

  • Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
• 30 min
  3. Astrocytes: definition, appearance and general physiology 2

  • Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
• 39 min
  4. Glial calcium signalling

  • Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
• 33 min
  5. Astroglial calcium signalling: what it could tell us

  • Prof. Dmitri Rusakov
• 42 min
  6. Neuronal-glial chemical transmission mediated by glutamate and ATP

  • Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
• 27 min
  7. Energy and amino acid neurotransmitter metabolism in astrocytes

  • Prof. Helle Waagepetersen
• 49 min
  8. Mechanisms of glutamate release from astrocytes

  • Prof. Vladimir Parpura
• 37 min
  9. Cannabinoid type 1 receptors in astrocytes

  • Prof. Giovanni Marsicano
• 34 min
  10. Neuronal-glial anatomical plasticity in the hypothalamus

  • Dr. Stéphane H.R. Oliet
• 25 min
  11. General physiology of oligodendrocytes

  • Prof. Arthur M. Butt
• 35 min
  12. Neuropathology of microglia and oligodendrocytes

  • Prof. Arthur M. Butt
• 38 min
  13. Oligodendroglia/MCT1 are an unexpected contributor to CNS toxicity/neurodegeneration

  • Prof. Jeffrey D. Rothstein
• 41 min
  14. Physiology and pathophysiology of microglia

  • Prof. Dr. Uwe-Karsten Hanisch
• 39 min
  15. Properties of regulated exocytosis in astrocytes

  • Prof. Robert Zorec
• 49 min
  16. Exocytosis and gliocrine astroglia

  • Prof. Robert Zorec
• 37 min
  17. Noradrenergic hypothesis of neurodegeneration and astroglia

  • Prof. Robert Zorec
• 45 min
  18. Principles of astrogliopathology: from reactivity to atrophy and degeneration

  • Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
• 23 min
  19. Regulation of synaptic plasticity by astroglia

  • Prof. Dmitri Rusakov
• 48 min
  20. Enteric glia: the glue of the enteric nervous system

  • Dr. Keith A. Sharkey
• 38 min
  21. Purinergic neuron-to-glia signaling in the enteric nervous system

  • Dr. Brian D. Gulbransen
• 43 min
  22. Astrocytes and Alexander disease: the first - but not last - primary astrocyte disease

  • Prof. Albee Messing
• 45 min
  23. Vesicular release of glutamate mediates bidirectional signaling between astrocytes and neurons

  • Prof. Vladimir Parpura
• 43 min
  24. The impact of astrocyte mitochondrial ATP production on neuroprotection after stroke

  • Prof. James Lechleiter
• 33 min
  25. Hepatic encephalopathy in cirrhosis: a disorder of glial-neuronal signalling

  • Prof. Roger F. Butterworth
• 33 min
  26. Hepatic encephalopathy in acute liver failure: a primary neurogliopathy

  • Prof. Roger F. Butterworth
• 37 min
  27. Bi-directional communication at the neurovascular unit: implications for neuronal function

  • Prof. Jessica A. Filosa
• 51 min
  28. Astrocyte reactivity

  • Prof. Michael Sofroniew
• 36 min
  29. Roles of microglia in the healthy brain

  • Dr. Marie-Ève Tremblay
• Archived Lectures *These may not cover the latest advances in the field
• 44 min
  30. Astroglia in neuropathology

  • Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
• 44 min
  31. Cell biology and physiology of astroglia

  • Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky
• 29 min
  32. General physiology of oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells

  • Prof. Arthur M. Butt

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1. Introduction
2. Where the thoughts dwell
3. Cogito ergo sum - I think, therefore I am
4. Cortical localisation of functions
5. Mapping of the brain
6. "Omnis cellula e cellula" - the cellular theory
7. First images of neural cells
8. Development of "reazione nero" by Camillo Golgi
9. Neuronismo o reticularismo: clash of the titans
10. Clash of the titans: the aftermath
11. Unification of the reticular and neuronal theories
12. The glia was born on April 3rd 1858
13. Golgi images of neuroglia (1874)
14. Images of neuroglia
15. The appearance of a neurone
16. Carl Ludwig Schleich (1859-1922)
17. The function of glial cells in neural centres
18. Introduction to neuroglia
19. Definition of neuroglia
20. Neural cells
21. Glial cells distribution varies between brain regions
22. Total neuronal - glial ratio
23. Neuronal - glial ratio by brain structures
24. Evolution of neuroglia
25. Phylogenetic advance of glia (1)
26. Phylogenetic advance of glia (2)
27. Primate-specific glial cells
28. Evolution of glial function
29. Functions of invertebrate glia: ancestral astrocytes
30. Neuroglia in Caenorhabditis elegans
31. Neuroglia in leech
32. Neuroglia in insects
33. Neuroglia in vertebrates
34. Myelination allowed brain development-vertebrates
35. Myelin facilitates action potential propagation
36. Sodium channels cluster at the nodes of Ranvier
37. Myelin and nerve diameter
38. Microglia: an innate brain defender
39. Pio del Rio Hortega: discoverer of microglia
40. Invading and resting microglia
41. Pathological signals activate microglia
42. Multiple states of microglial activation
43. Conclusions

Topics Covered

• Where the thoughts dwell
• Cortical localisation of functions
• The cellular theory
• Images of neural cells
• The glia
• Neuroglia
• Glial cell distribution
• Evolution of neuroglia
• Evolution of glial function
• Microglia

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Series:

• Physiology and Pathophysiology of Neuroglia

Categories:

• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

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Publication History

• Published on June 29, 2011

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Alexei Verkhratsky has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.