Download or read book Heat Shock Proteins in Neural Cells written by Christiane Richter-Landsberg and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable new title addresses the role of heat shock proteins and cellular stress responses in the brain, with a major focus on nerve cells and glia, namely oligodendrocytes and astrocytes. Heat shock proteins are involved in many physiological processes, including development and differentiation, organisation of the cytoarchitecture by binding to cytoskeletal elements, and regulation of the balance between cell death and survival.