Role of Neuron-Glia and Glia-Glia Communications in the Brain Function: Recent Advances in the Central Nervous System Cellular Crosstalk and Signaling
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Biochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2024 | Viewed by 1806
Special Issue Editor
Interests: neurodegeneration; neuroinflammation; neuropharmacology; neuropsychology; neural stem cells
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue entitled “Role of Neuron-Glia and Glia-Glia Communications in the Brain Function: Recent Advances in the Central Nervous System Cellular Crosstalk and Signaling”.
The roles of glia in the brain include maintaining the ionic milieu of neurons, controlling the rate of propagation of nerve signals, controlling the uptake of neurotransmitters, modulating synaptic action, supplying some aspects of neuronal development, and participating in brain recovery from pathological damage. In addition to their role in brain homeostasis and neuroplasticity, glial cells play an essential role in modulating the brain's response to external and internal stresses. Therefore, they may also play an important role in brain function and the pathobiology of neurological disorders. However, the detailed role of glia-glia and neuron-glia interactions is only beginning to be understood and is the subject of this Special Issue.
This Special Issue aims to explore the role of communications between oligodendrocytes, microglia, astrocytes, and ependymal cells together and with neuronal cells in the pathobiology of wide-ranging central nervous system disorders. The manuscripts included in this issue will help to inspire new thinking about the similarities and differences between these signaling and communications in normal and pathologic conditions and lend insight into ways that these interactions could be targeted therapeutically. We seek to publish novel research and reflect the most recent advances on the latest contributions in the above areas, covering new signaling pathways and therapeutic approaches, as well as innovative review articles. This Special Issue should be of benefit to researchers worldwide, wherever there is a need to overcome challenges and strive for novel drug breakthroughs towards a new era of cell–cell communications in CNS disorders.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Brain tumors and brain cancer
- Alzheimer disease
- Parkinson disease
- Huntington disease
- Multiple sclerosis and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Brain ischemia and spinal cord injury
- Neuropsychiatric and Neurodevelopmental disorder
- Other neuroinflammatory disorders
I look forward to receiving your contributions. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Dr. Nima Sanadgol
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- glia-glia interactions
- neuron-glia interactions
- CNS cell–cell communication
- neuroinflammation
- neurodegeneration
