PART I Glial-Neuronal Interactions in the Control of Hypothalamic Development
Chapter 1: The role of microglia in the developing hypothalamus - Deborah Kurrasch
PART II Glial-Neuronal Interactions in the Control of the Magnocellular Neuroendocrine System
Chapter 2: Structural dynamics in the hypothalamic-neurohypophysial system
Seiji Miyata
Chapter 3: Functional consequences of morphological plasticity in the adult hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system Daniel L Voisin, Aude Panatier, Stéphane H Oliet
Chapter 4: Synaptic scaling by astrocytes
Grant S.J. Gordon and Jaideep S. Bains
Chapter 5: Glial control of extrasynaptic receptor signaling in hypothalamic neurons
Javier Stern
PART III Glial-Neuronal Interactions in the Control of Metabolic Function
Chapter 6: Astrocytes in the brain control of systemic metabolism
O Le Thuc, T. Gruber, Matthias H. Tschoep, and Cristina García-Cáceres
Chapter 7: Astrocyte mediation of metabolic hormone effects on energy homeostasis
Julie A. Chowen
Chapter 8: Glia-neuron communication: Not a one-way street Denise D. Belsham
PART IV: Glial-Neuronal Interactions in the Control of the Stress Response
Chapter 9: Neuronal-glial synaptic circuits in the hypothalamus
Juhee Haam, Zhiying Jiang, Jeffrey G. Tasker
PART V Glial-Neuronal Interactions in the Control of Reproductive Function
Chapter 10: Microglia, hormones, and behavior Jaclyn M. Schwarz, Margaret M. McCarthy
Chapter 11: The role of astrocytes in estrogen positive feedback
Paul Micevych
PART VI Glial-Neuronal Interactions in the Control of the Blood-Brain Barrier
Chapter 12: Unveiling the importance of tanycytes in the control of the dialogue between the brain and the periphery Vincent Prevot
Chapter 13: Tanycyte-neuronal interactions: Novel mechanisms for regulation of the thyroid axis
Ronald Lechan, Csaba Fekete
About the Author: Jeffrey Tasker received his B.A. from the University of Colorado in 1981 and his M.S. equivalent and Ph.D. from the University of Bordeaux II in 1986, working with Drs. Dominique Poulain and Dionysia Theodosis. He then joined Dr. F. Edward Dudek's lab for his postdoctoral research at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. He joined the faculty of Tulane University in 1991, where he currently holds the positions of Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology and Endowed Chair in Neuroscience. His research focuses on the neural circuit, electrical and molecular mechanisms of neuronal, astroglial, and neuroendocrine control of physiological homeostasis, the stress response, and stress disorders.
Dr. Jaideep Bains is a Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology and a member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary, Canada. He received his Ph.D. from Queen's University (Canada) in 1997. He established his lab at the University of Calgary in 2001. His research uses electrophysiology, optogenetics, imaging and behavior to understanding how neurons, astrocytes, and brain circuits are modified by stress. Julie A. Chowen received her B.S. from Lake Superior State University in 1982 and her Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Washington in 1990. She joined Dr. Luis Miguel García-Segura's laboratory at the Cajal Institute for Neuroscience in Madrid for her postdoctoral research. In 1999 she established her laboratory in the Department of Endocrinology at the Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús in Madrid. Her research focuses on the neuroendocrine control of metabolism, early nutritional and hormonal influences on long-term metabolism and the role of astrocytes in mediating metabolic signals.
