| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 196 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- 1. Endothelial cytoarchitecture and heterogeneity in the brain / Maria Alexandra Brito -- 2. Neurogenesis and the brain vasculature / Liliana Bernardino and Raquel Ferreira -- 3. The blood brain barrier: molecular and cellular function / Nagore I. Marín-Ramos, Thomas C. Chen and Florence M. Hofman -- 4. Cellular interactions between the immune system and the blood-brain barrier / Caroline Coisne -- 5. Acute neurovascular pathologies and cysfunctions / Raquel Ferreira and Miguel Castelo-Branco -- 6. Microvasculature cysfunction in neurodegenerative cisorders / Ana Clara Cristóvão and Fabien Gosselet -- 7. The impact of drugs of abuse on blood-brain barrier / Ricardo Alexandre Leitão and Ana Paula Silva -- 8. Current use of in vitro models of the blood-brain barrier for the study of Alzheimer's disease: focus on the effect of AE peptides on BBB cells / Pietra Candela and Laurence Fenart. |
| Summary |
The brain vasculature nurtures and regulates basic functions of the central nervous system (CNS), acting as a barrier against pathogens. This book provides in-depth and focused data on the characteristics, function and role of brain blood vessels in health and disease. It addresses topics such as vascular activity, cell-cell communication, and the role of the endothelium in the development of the most prevalent types of cerebrovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders, cognitive impairment, and vascular abnormalities. It offers an updated view of the current state of microvascular biology. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Cerebral circulation.
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Brain -- Blood-vessels.
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Neurosciences. |
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Neurology & clinical neurophysiology. |
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Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences. |
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Brain -- Blood-vessels. |
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Cerebral circulation. |
| Added Author |
Cristovao Clara Ana, editor.
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Bernardino Liliana, editor.
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Ferreira, Raquel, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Advances in brain vascular research. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020 1527550672 (OCoLC)1154510732 |
| ISBN |
9781527557239 (electronic bk.) |
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1527557235 (electronic bk.) |
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1527550672 (hardcover) |
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9781527550674 (hardcover) |
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