Central nervous system microenvironment and neuronal excitability / Stephen Donbrowski, Imad Najm, and Damir Janigro -- Neuronal energy requirements / Avital Schurr -- Plasticity of the extracellular space / Eva Syková -- Transmitter-receptor mismatches in central dopamine, serotonin, and neuropeptide systems: further evidence for volume transmission / Anders Jansson, Laurent Descarries, Virginia Cornea-Hébert, Mustapha Riad, Daniel Vergé, Mircea Bancila, Luigi Francesco Agnati, and Kjell Fuxe -- The extracellular matrix in neural development, plasticity, and regeneration / Jeremy Garwood, Nicolas Heck, Franck Rigato, and Andreas Faissner -- Homeostatic properties of astrocytes / Wolfgang Walz and Bernhard H.J. Juurlink -- Glutamate-mediated astrocyte-neuron communication in brain physiology and pathology / Micaela Zonta and Giorgio Carmignoto -- Axonal conduction and myelin / Jeffrey D. Kocsis -- Coupling of blood flow to neuronal excitability / Albert Gjedde -- Choroid plexus and the cerebrospinal-interstitial fluid system / Roy. O. Weller -- The blood-brain barrier / Richard F. Keep -- Circumventricular organs / James W. Anderson and Alastair V. Ferguson -- Glial linings of the brain / Marc R. Del Bigio -- Microglia in the CNS / Sophie Chabot and V. Wee Yong -- Invasion of ischemic brain by immune cells / Hiroyuki Kato and Takanori Oikawa.
