Blood - Spinal Cord and Brain Barriers in Health and Science Book

	Contributors
	Foreword
	Introduction
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Sect. I	Basic Aspects: Structure and Functions of Cerebrovascular Barriers
1	Proteins of the Tight Junction in the Blood-Brain Barrier	1
2	Direct Demonstration of Association of the Blood-Brain Barrier Proteins ZO-1 and Occludin Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy; Effect of SIN-1	11
3	Investigation of Molecular Mechanisms Involved in T Lymphocyte Recruitment across the Blood-Spinal Cord and Brain Barriers in Health and Disease	19
Sect. II	Technical and Functional Aspects: Cerebrovascular Barriers in Vitro
4	Transport and Permeability Characteristics of the Blood - Cerebrospinal Fluid Barrier in Vitro	33
5	Brain Microvessel Endothelial Cell Cultures as in Vitro Models to Study the Blood-Brain Barrier	47
Sect. III	Physiological Aspects: Transport Mechanisms Across Cerebrovascular Barriers
6	Brain Influx of Endogenous Peptides Affecting Food Intake	57
7	Implications of P-glycoprotein for the Transport and Distribution of Drugs into the Brain	63
8	Role of the Blood-Brain Barrier in Communication between the Central Nervous System and the Peripheral Tissues	73
9	Efflux Mechanisms in the Central Nervous System: A Powerful Influence on Drug Distribution within the Brain	83
10	Mechanisms of Antisense Transport across the Blood-Brain Barrier	99
11	Peptides and the Blood-Brain Barrier: Enhancing Peptide Bioavailability to the Brain	107
Sect. IV	Pharmacological Aspects: Neurochemical Mediators of the Cerebrovascular Barriers
12	Influence of Serotonin on the Blood-Brain and the Blood-Spinal Cord Barriers	117
13	Histamine Influences the Blood-Spinal Cord and Brain Barriers Following Injuries to the Central Nervous System	159
14	Role of Nitric Oxide on the Blood-Brain and Spinal Cord Barriers	191
Sect. V	Neuropsychological Aspects: Cerebrovascular Barriers in Stressful Situations
15	Blood-Brain and Spinal Cord Barriers in Stress	231
16	Blood-Central Nervous System Barriers in Morphine Dependence and Withdrawal	299
17	The Heat Shock Proteins and Hemeoxygenase Response in Central Nervous System Injuries	329
Sect. VI	Neurological Aspects: Alterations of Cerebrovascular Barriers in Disease Conditions
18	Volume Transmission-Mediated Protective Impact of Choroid Plexus-Cerebrospinal Fluid Growth Factors on Forebrain Ischemic Injury	361
19	Blood-Brain Barrier Changes in Global and Focal Cerebral Ischemia	385
20	Transport of Cytokines and Neurotrophins across the Blood-Brain Barrier and Their Regulation after Spinal Cord Injury	395
21	Mononuclear Phagocytes at the Blood-Brain Barrier in Multiple Sclerosis	409
22	The Blood-Brain Barrier after Traumatic Injury: Vascular and Parenchymal Interactions	419
23	Pathophysiology of the Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier in Traumatic Injury	437
24	Growth Hormone Permeability Across the Blood-Spinal Cord and Brain Barriers and Its Therapeutic Potential in Trauma to the Spinal Cord	519
25	Involvement and Consequences of Blood Brain Barrier Permeability After Minimal Injury in Rat Cerebral Cortex	533
Sect. VII	Clinical Aspects: Cerebrovascular Barriers in Clinical Conditions
26	Neural Immunity and Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-Associated Dementia	547
27	The Blood-Brain Barrier in the Human Glioma	561
	Index	577