Physiology and Pharmacology of the Blood-Brain Barrier (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992)

The blood-brain barrier is still not completely understood and therefore the subject of fascinating study. How are endogenous substances transported through the blood-brain barrier? What are the known therapeutic and toxic agents? How are they transported across cerebral microvessels? The discussion of these and other questions with far-reaching consequences for all neuroscientists can be found in this volume. This authoritative and up-to-date review of the blood-brain barrier gives a proper understanding of the topic. The experimental principles, the results of very recent research, as well as the implications that experimental research has for clinical treatment are thoroughly covered. Information is given on: - new findings based on classical physiological and pharmacological techniques, - results obtained from brain capillaries in vitro and in culture, - results obtained from the new scanning techniques (PET and MRI), - the immunology of the blood-brain barrier, - trace metal transport, - the pathological breakdown of the barrier and - the modification of drugs to increase their entry into the brain. Here is a source of information that is invaluable to specialists concerned with basic research in the neurosciences, with the design of neuropharmacological agents, with the radiological diagnosis of cerebral pathology or with the treatment of cerebral lesions!

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 103
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	1992
Editors:	Michael W.B. Bradbury
Contributors:	N.J. Abbott • D. Barnes • D. J. Begley • A. L Betz • Michael W.B. Bradbury • M.W. Brightman • D.J. Brooks • H.F. Cserr • P.A. Fraser
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	549
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-76896-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Neurology & clinical neurophysiology Books > Medicine > Surgery > Neurosurgery Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pharmacology > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Biochemistry > General
LSN:	3-642-76896-2
Barcode:	9783642768965

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