Minding Glial Cells in the Novel Understandings of Mental Illness

• Main Author: Aye M. Myint (auth)
• Other Authors: Takahiro A. Kato (auth), Johann Steiner (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Astrocytes; Mental Disorders; Schizophrenia; oligodendrocytes; Anxiety; glia; major depression; autism; Microglia
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Traditionally, abnormalities of neurons and neuronal networks including synaptic abnormalities and disturbance of neurotransmitters have dominantly been believed to be the main causes of psychiatric disorders. Recent cellular neuroscience has revealed various unknown roles of glial cells such as ast...