The other brain

from dementia to schizophrenia, how new discoveries about the brain are revolutionizing medicine and science

by R. Douglas Fields

2009 371 pages eng

Despite everything that has been written about the brain, a very important part of this vital organ has been overlooked in most books until now. This book is the story of glia, which make up approximately 85 percent of the cells in the brain. Long neglected as little more than cerebral packing mater…