Index
A
acetylcholine, 23
action potentials, 42
Adenosine-5-triphosphate (ATP), 50
adult neurogenesis, 84
alcohol
effect on astrocytes, 118
effect on mammillary bodies, 139
Aldini, Giovanni, 19
all-or-nothing phenomenon, 3
alpha-synuclein, 124–125
ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
identification of, 122
problems with glutamate transporters in, 126
Alvarez-Buylla, Arturo, 85, 89–93
Alzheimer’s Disease
identification of, 123
link with apoE gene, 125
protein deposits in neurons observed in, 124–125
Alzheimer, Alois, 123
amphibians, ratio of glia to neurons in, 36
amygdala, 151
amyloid tau, 124
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. See ALS
angiogenesis, 147
angular gyrus, 104
anions, 44
aplysia, 83
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