Physiology and pharmacology of the blood-brain barrier /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Abbott, N. J. (N. Joan), Bradbury, M. W. B. (Michael William Blackburn)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1992]
Series:Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 103.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Ultrastructure of brain endothelium / M.W. Brightman
  • Methods of study / Q.R. Smith
  • Diffusional and osmotic permeability to water / P.A. Fraser
  • Blood-brain glucose transfer / A. Gjedde
  • Transport of amino acids / J.-M. Lefauconnier
  • Peptides and the blood-brain barrier / D.J. Begley
  • Movement of vitamins into the brain / O.E. Pratt
  • Electrolyte transport / G.P. Schielke and A.L. Betz
  • Secretion and bulk flow of interstitial fluid / H.F. Cserr and C.S. Patlak
  • Trace metal transport at the blood-brain barrier / M.W.B. Bradbury
  • Transport of drugs / P.J. Robinson and S.I. Rapoport
  • Clinical assessment of blood-brain barrier permeability: magnetic resonance imaging / D. Barnes
  • Clinical assessment of the blood-brain barrier: positron emission tomography / D.J. Brooks
  • Ontogenetic development of brain barrier mechanisms / N.R. Saunders
  • Comparative physiology of the blood-brain barrier / N.J. Abbott
  • Immunology of brain endothelium and the blood-brain barrier / D.K. Male
  • Blood-brain barrier in vitro and in culture / J.J. Laterra and G.W. Goldstein.
  • (cont) Opening of the barrier in cerebral pathology / P.J. Luthert
  • Experimental manipulation of the blood-brain and blood-retinal barriers / J. Greenwood
  • Drug entry into the brain and its pharmacologic manipulation / N.H. Greig
  • Therapeutic opening of the blood-brain barrier in man / M.K. Gumerlock and E.A. Neuwelt.