Author/Editor		Verkhratsky, Alexei; Parpura, Vladimir
Title		Neurological and psychiatric disorders as a neuroglial failure
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 116, št. 2
Publication year		2014
Volume		str. 115-124
ISSN		0031-5362 - Periodicum biologorum
Language		eng
Abstract		Neuroglia are a diverse non-neuronal population of cells in the central and peripheral nervous system. These cells have a variety of functions that can all be summed up as the maintenance of homeostasis of the nervous system. It is the loss of homeostasis that represents the culprit of all disorders. Thus, neuroglia can be envisioned as the pivotal element in all neural disorders, be that neurological or psychiatric. In this review, we discuss the role of glia in homeostasis and defence of the nervous system as well as changes in the morpho-functional characteristics of these cells in various disorders.
Keywords		neuroglia astrocyte reactive gliosis nevroglija astrocit reaktivne glioze