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- Provides an important reference on core topics and recent developments in an emerging field of neuroscience
- Presents authoritative coverage from authors and contributors who are the leaders in the field
- Updates a first-edition reference that established itself as the definitive work in the field
Part of the book series: Advances in Neurobiology (NEUROBIOL, volume 29)
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This new edition provides comprehensive coverage of the variety and complexity of the roles that glycoconjugates play in the cells of the nervous system. Basic fundamental principles as well as the latest developments in neural glycobiology are discussed. Topics covered range from the structure and metabolism of the saccharide chains and current approaches used in their study, to changes glycoconjugates undergo during development and aging of the nervous system and the roles they have in neurological disease. New topics include a detailed discussion of cells found within the nervous system, an extensive listing of congenital disorders of glycosylation of both proteins and lipids, the roles of glycans in neuronal axon growth/guidance and voltage-gated channels, the role of intra-lysosomal luminal vesicles in lysosomal storage disorders, and, in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of carbohydrates in infection by SARS-CoV-2. The breadth and depth of topics covered make this an essential reference for those new to the field as well as for more experienced investigators.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Cara-Lynne Schengrund, PhD, is Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Robert K. Yu, PhD, Med ScD, was Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, and GRA Eminent Scholar in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
Robert K. Yu, PhD, Med ScD, was Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, and GRA Eminent Scholar in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Glycobiology of the Nervous System
Editors: Cara-Lynne Schengrund, Robert K. Yu
Series Title: Advances in Neurobiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12390-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12389-4Published: 19 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-12392-4Published: 20 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-12390-0Published: 18 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2190-5215
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5223
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XII, 501
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Neurobiology, Neurochemistry