Physiology and Pharmacology of the Blood-Brain Barrier /

The blood-brain barrier is still not completely understood and therefore the subject of fascinating study. How are endogenous substances transported through the blood-brain barrier? What are the known therapeutic and toxic agents? How are they transported across cerebral microvessels? The discussion...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradbury, Michael W. B.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1992.
Series:Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; 103.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ultrastructure of Brain Endothelium
  • Methods of Study
  • Diffusional and Osmotic Permeability to Water
  • Blood-Brain Glucose Transfer
  • Transport of Amino Acids
  • Peptides and the Blood-Brain Barrier
  • The Movement of Vitamins Into the Brain
  • Electrolyte Transport
  • Secretion and Bulk Flow of Interstitial Fluid
  • Trace Metal Transport at the Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Transport of Drugs
  • Clinical Assessment of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Clinical Assessment of the Blood-Brain Barrier: Positron Emission Tomography
  • Ontogenetic Development of Brain Barrier Mechanisms
  • Comparative Physiology of the Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Opening of the Barrier in Cerebral Pathology
  • Experimental Manipulation of the Blood-Brain and Blood-Retinal Barriers.