The Retinal Muller Cell

This monograph examines the role of the Muller cell, the main glial element of the retina, in the development, organization, and function of the vertebrate retina. These cells may also play a role in the control of eye growth and in determining the processing of information by surrounding neurons.

ISBN	0306464705	Pages	286
ISBN13	9780306464706 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media	Weight (grammes)	668
Imprint	Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.	Published in	New York
Format	Hardback	Series title	Perspectives in Vision Research
Publication date	01 Apr 2001	Height (mm)	235
Library of Congress	QP479.S275	Width (mm)	155
DEWEY	612.843	Spine width (mm)	23
DEWEY edition	DC21	Academic level	Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly

1	Structural Organization of Retinal Glia	1
1.1	Muller Cells	1
1.2	Astrocytes and Microglia	28
2	Role in Retinal Development	35
2.1	Lineage, Birthdate, and Development of Muller Cells	36
2.2	Roles in Retinal Development	47
2.3	Developmental Regulation of Gene Expression	61
3	Metabolic Interactions with Neurons	67
3.1	Energy Coupling	67
3.2	Glutamate Metabolism	78
3.3	GABA Metabolism	86
3.4	Acid-Base Regulation	89
3.5	Retinoid Metabolism	95
4	Neuron-Glia Signaling Pathways	101
4.1	Membrane Transport	102
4.2	Electrophysiology of Membrane Transport	110
4.3	Transmitter-operated Ion Channels	119
4.4	A Calcium-based Intercellular Signal Pathway	124
4.5	Nitric Oxide	127
5	K[superscript +], Ion Channels, and Transretinal Potentials	135
5.1	Regulation of Extracellular Potassium	137
5.2	Voltage-activated Ion Channels	143
5.3	Other Voltage-dependent Ion Channels	148
5.4	The Na[superscript +]-K[superscript +] Pump	155
5.5	Why Voltage-dependent Ion Channels?	157
5.6	Light-evoked Changes in Extracellular K[superscript +]	162
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