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Brain, Vol. 122, No. 1, 172-173, January 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

Book Reviews

NEUROINFLAMMATION: MECHANISMS AND MANAGEMENT.

Edited by Paul L. Wood. 1998. Pp. 375. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press. ISBN 0-89603-416-X..

P. Gasque and B. P. Morgan

Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK

At first sight the title of this book excited us enormously. There is an urgent need for a comprehensive source book summarizing current information on neuroinflammation and its management. However, in this respect the book fails to deliver. Paul Wood, an acknowledged expert on microglia and CNS macrophages, has assembled a group of like-minded authors, all except one from North America. Several focus almost solely on microglia, to the exclusion of other brain cells, notably astrocytes, which undoubtedly contribute to neuroinflammation. The book addresses . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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