Cerebral blood flow and metabolism /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Edvinsson, Lars, Krause, Diana N.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2002]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. The anatomical bases
  • General and comparative anatomy of the cerebral circulation
  • The blood vessel wall : endothelial and smooth muscle cells
  • Perivascular nerves in brain vessels
  • II. The physiologic bases
  • Ion channels in cerebral arteries
  • Pharmacomechanical coupling in cerebrovascular smooth muscle
  • Endothelial regulation
  • The blood-brain barrier : permeability, substrate transport, and grug and gene targeting
  • Energy generation in the central nervous system
  • Neurotransmitters : metabolic and vascular effects
  • Neurovascular control of the cerebral circulation
  • Catecholamines
  • Neuropeptide Y
  • Acetylcholine
  • Calcitonin gene related peptide
  • Neuropeptides
  • 5-hydroxytryptamine and its receptors
  • Nitric oxide
  • Purines, purine nucleotides, and pyrimidine nucleotides
  • Prostaglandins and other oicosanoids
  • Endothelin
  • Histamine
  • Cytokines
  • IV. Fundamental responses of the cerebral circulation
  • Measuring cerebral blood flow and metabolism
  • Changes in arterial gas tension
  • Autoregulation : arterial and intracranial pressure
  • Functional brain imaging
  • V. Disordered control : pathophysiologic aspects
  • Molecular mechanisms of ischemic brain damage
  • Neuroprotection in stroke therapy
  • Primary neurovascular headache : migraine and cluster headache from a physiologic perspective
  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage : extravasation of clood in the subarachnoid space
  • Aging and dementia