Cerebral blood flow and metabolism /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
[2002]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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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