The Other Brain

The Scientific and Medical Breakthroughs That Will Heal Our Brains and Revolutionize Our Health

By: R. Douglas Fields

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Paperback | 11 January 2011

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Despite everything that has been written about the brain, a potentially critical part of this vital organ has been overlooked—until now. The Other Brain examines the growing importance of glia, which make up approximately 85 percent of the cells in the brain, and the role they play in how the brain functions, malfunctions, and heals itself.

Long neglected as little more than cerebral packing material, glia (meaning “glue”) are now known to regulate the flow of information between neurons and to repair the brain and spinal cord after injury and stroke. But scientists are also discovering that diseased and damaged glia play a significant role in psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia and depression, and in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Diseased glia cause brain cancer and multiple sclerosis and are linked to infectious diseases such as HIV and prion disease (mad cow disease, for example) and to chronic pain. The more we learn about these cells that make up the “other” brain, the more important they seem to be.

Written by a neuroscientist who is a leader in glial research, The Other Brain gives readers a much more complete understanding of how the brain works and an intriguing look at potentially revolutionary developments in brain science and medicine.

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“The Other Brain offers an insightful, complex, and nuanced picture of the most interesting substance on earth: the matter inside our heads.”
—Anthony Doerr, The Boston Globe

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Non-Fiction Science Biology, Life Sciences Human Biology Psychology Physiological & Neuro-Psychology, Biopsychology Life Sciences in General Neurosciences Science in General Popular Science Medicine Clinical & Internal Medicine

Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology

Preface	p. VII
Acknowledgments	p. IX
Discovering the Other Brain
Bubble Wrap or Brilliant Glue?	p. 3
A Look Inside the Brain: The Cellular Components of the Brain	p. 16
Transmissions from the Other Brain: Glia Know and Control Your Mind	p. 48
Glia in Health and Disease
Mending the Mind: Glia Repairing Nervous System Damage and Disease	p. 65
Brain Cancer: Almost Nothing to Do with Neurons	p. 69
Brain and Spinal Cord Injury	p. 80
Infection	p. 107
Mental Health: Glia, Silent Partners in Mental Illness	p. 133
Neurodegenerative Disorders	p. 162
Glia and Pain: A Blessing and a Curse	p. 183
Glia and Addiction: A Neuron-Glia Dependence	p. 200
Mother and Child	p. 209
Aging: Glia Rage against the Dying Light	p. 233
Glia in Thought and Memory
The Mind of the Other Brain: Glia Controlling the Conscious and Unconscious Mind	p. 249
Memory and Brain Power beyond Neurons	p. 268
Thinking beyond Synapses	p. 280
Into the Future: The New Brain	p. 305
Glossary	p. 311
Notes	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 329
Index	p. 359
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