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"The endothelial cells of the cerebral vasculature constitute, together with perivascular elements (astrocytes, pcricytes, basement membrane), the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which strictly limits and specifically controls the exchanges between the blood and the cerebral extracellular spacc.The existence of such a physical, enzymatic, and active barrier isolating the central nervous system has broad physiological, biological, pharmacological, and patho­ logical consequences, most of which are not yet fully elucidated. The Cerebral Vascular Biology conference (CVB '95) was organized and held at the ""Carre des Sciences"" in Paris on July I 0-12, 1995. Like the CVB '92 conference held in Duluth, Minnesota, three years ago, the objectives were to provide a forum for presentation of the most recent progresses and to stimulate discussions in the ticld of the biology, physiology. and pathology of the blood-brain barrier. The Paris conference gathered more than !50 participants. including investigators in basic neuroscience, physicians. and stu­ dents, who actively contributed to the scientific program by their oral or poster presentations. This volume contains a collection of short articles that summarize most of the new data that were presented at the conference. Six thematic parts focus on physiological transports. drug delivery, multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein, signal transduction at the BBB. interactions between the immune system and the cerebral endothelial cells, and the blood-brain barrier-related pathologies in the central nervous system. In addition, two introductory articles present new insights in the rapidly evolving topics of cerebral angiogenesis and gene transfer to the brain."

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Author:   Pierre-Olivier Couraud ,  Daniel Scherman
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   1996 ed.
Volume:   46
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   2.200kg
ISBN:  

9780306453625

ISBN 10:   0306453622
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   31 December 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introductory Overviews.- I: Physiological Transports through the Blood-Brain Barrier.- II: Blood-Brain Barrier and Drug Delivery to the Brain.- III: Multidrug Resistance P-Glycoprotein at the Blood-Brain Barrier.- IV: Signal Transduction in Brain Endothelial Cells.- V: Interactions—Leukocytes-Brain Endothelial Cells.- VI: Brain Pathologies and Blood-Brain Barrier.

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