The Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease, Volume Two
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The Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease, Volume Two

Pathophysiology and Pathology

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  2. English
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The Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease, Volume Two

Pathophysiology and Pathology

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Located at the interface between blood and the brain, the blood-brain barrier is a dynamic permeability barrier formed by a continuous layer of specialized endothelial cells endowed with important permeability, transport, and regulatory functions that both protect the internal milieu of the brain and allow essential nutrients to be transported into

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9781498727099
Edition
1
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Anatomy

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface to Volume 2
  4. List of Contributors
  5. 1. Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in Multiple Sclerosis
  6. 2. Portals of Viral Entry into the Central Nervous System
  7. 3. Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) Dysfunction in HIV Infection
  8. 4. The Brain Microvasculature in Cerebral Malaria
  9. 5. The Blood-Brain Barrier in Bacterial Infections of the Central Nervous System
  10. 6. Blood-Brain Barrier in Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System
  11. 7. Blood-Brain Barrier Changes in Traumatic Brain Injury
  12. 8. Alterations of the Blood-Brain Barrier in Post-Traumatic Epilepsy
  13. 9. Functional and Molecular Mechanisms of Hypertensive Brain Damage
  14. 10. Blood Brain Barrier Protection in Stroke: Taming tPA
  15. 11. Radiation-Induced Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption
  16. 12. The Blood-Brain Barrier in Thiamine Defi ciency (Wernickeā€™s Encephalopathy)
  17. 13. The Blood-Brain-Barrier in Brain Tumors
  18. 14. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy: Clinicopathologic Features and Pathogenesis
  19. 15. Vascular Factors and the Blood Brain Barrier in Alzheimerā€™s Disease, Parkinsonā€™s Disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
  20. 16. Blood-Brain Barrier Damage in the Context of HIV Infection and Drug Abuse