The Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease, Volume One (eBook, PDF)

Morphology, Biology and Immune Function
Redaktion: Dorovini-Zis, Katerina

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Located at the interface between blood and the brain, the blood-brain barrier is a dynamic permeability barrier formed by a continuous layer of specialized endothelial cells endowed with important permeability, transport, and regulatory functions that both protect the internal milieu of the brain and allow essential nutrients to be transported into

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498727068
• Artikelnr.: 43131841

Autorenporträt

Katerina Dorovini-Zis

Inhaltsangabe

Morphological and Functional Properties of the Blood-Brain Barrier. The
Human Cerebral Cortex Microvascular System: Development and Composition of
the Meningeal and Intracerebral Extrinsic and Intrinsic (Blood-Brain
Barrier) Compartments. Heterogeneity of the CNS Microvascular Endothelium.
The Neurovascular Unit. The Elusive Multipotent Microvascular Pericyte.
Fluid-Forming Function of the Choroid Plexus: What is the Role of
Aquaporin-1? The Expression and Function of ABC Transporters at the
Blood-Brain Barrier. The Blood-Brain Barrier and the Immune Privilege of
the Central Nervous System. Inflammatory Mediators and the Blood-Brain
Barrier. Endothelial Surface-Associated Molecules of Relevance to the
Immune Function of the Blood-Brain Barrier. Chemokines as Mediators of
Leukocyte Trafficking and Activation at the Blood-Brain Barrier. Leukocyte
Entry into the Brain.