Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease, Volume One - Morphology, Biology and Immune Function

List of contents

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.

About the author

Katerina Dorovini-Zis

Summary

In The Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease, Volume 1, international experts discuss basic and new concepts and most recent advances pertaining to the development of the cerebral microvascular system. Subjects include the structure, function, permeability properties, transport mechanisms, and the inherent heterogenei

Product details

• Authors: Katerina Dorovini-Zis, Katerina (University of British Colu Dorovini-Zis
• Assisted by: Katerina Dorovini-Zis (Editor), Dorovini-Zis Katerina (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367738129
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73812-9
• No. of pages: 426
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Medicine: general issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Anatomy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience, MEDICAL / Anatomy, Neurosciences, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics