title: Neuroglia in neurodegeneration.
abstract: Neuroglial cells are fundamental for control of brain homeostasis and they represent the intrinsic brain defence system. All forms in neuropathology therefore inevitably involve glia. The neurodegenerative diseases disrupt connectivity within brain circuits affecting neuronal-neuronal, neuronal-glial and glial-glial contacts. In addition neurodegenerative processes trigger universal and conserved glial reactions represented by astrogliosis and microglial activation. The complex of recently acquired knowledge allows us to regard the neurodegenerative diseases as primarily gliodegenerative processes, in which glial cells determine the progression and outcome of neuropathological process.
authors: Klinische Neurowissenschaften, Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, 53127 Bonn, Germany. michael.heneka@ukb.uni-bonn.de
authors: Michael T
authors: MT
authors: Heneka
authors: José J
authors: JJ
authors: Rodríguez
authors: Alexei
authors: A
authors: Verkhratsky
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000503:physiopathology; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000502:physiology*