Advances in brain research : cerebrovascular disorder and neurodegeneration : proceedings of the 6th Hirosaki International Forum of Medical Science, held in Hirosaki, Japan between 15 and 16 October 2002 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Hirosaki International Forum of Medical Science Hirosaki, Japan
Other Authors: Satoh, Kei, Suzuki, Shigeharu, Matsunaga, Muneo
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : [Great Britain] : Elsevier, 2003.
Series:International congress series. 1251.
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Table of Contents:
  • New frontiers in cerebral vasospasm : signaling pathways
  • A genome-wide linkage and a haplotype association studies mapped intracranial aneurysm to elastin locus on chromosome 7
  • Changes in cerebral circulation and neuronal metabolism during chronic cerebral vasospasm after sub-arachnoid hemorrhage
  • Microcirculatory changes during acute phase of aneurysmal sub-arachnoid hemorrhage evaluated by clinical and experimental studies
  • Platelet activation and antiplatelet therapy in patients with ischemic stroke
  • Platelet-activating factor enhances the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in normal human astrocytes under hypoxia
  • Changes in non-heme iron histochemistry in the ischemic brains of cats and Mongolian gerbils
  • Non heme ferric and ferrous iron accumulation in macrophages of rats and cats
  • Lack of association of 4G/5G polymorphism in plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene with stroke
  • Comparison of the effects of losartan and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor on nocturnal blood pressure in patients with stroke
  • Bacterial lipopolysaccharide induces retinoic acid-inducible gene-I in vascular endothelial cells
  • cAMP-specific phosphodiesterases expression in Alzheimer's disease brains
  • Mechanism of white matter damage caused by virus infection
  • α-Synuclein, synphilin-1 and inclusion body formation in α-synucleinopathies
  • Expression of α- and β-synucleins in cultured astrocytes and the effects of inflammatory cytokines
  • Widespread expression of α-synuclein in neuronal cytoplasm and glial cells in the central and peripheral nervous systems in human
  • Expression of α-synuclein in vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells
  • L-DOPA-derived extracellular dopamine in the striatum with dopaminergic denervation : role of serotonergic neurons in L-DOPA metabolism
  • Fluoxetine reduces L-DOPA-derived extracellular DA in the 6-hydroxy-dopamine-lesioned rat striatum
  • Effects of benserazide on L-DOPA-derived extracellular dopamine levels and aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase activity in the striatum of 6-hydroxy-dopamine-lesioned rats
  • Hypertrophy of the medial globus pallidus in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats treated with levodopa
  • Increase of the striatal serotonergic fibers after nigrostriatal dopaminergic denervation in adult rats
  • Upregulation of the NR1 mRNA in the subthalamic nucleus of 6-hydroxy-dopamine lesioned-rats treated with L-DOPA
  • Risk factors for hip fracture among elderly patients with Parkinson's disease