The blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier /
Zheng, Wei,Ph. D.
Chodobski, Adam.
Boca Raton ; London : Taylor & Francis,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ontogenesis and morphology of the choroid plexus. Development of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier / Carl Joakim Ek, Katarzyna M. Dziegielewska, and Norman R. Saunders. Normal and pathologically altered structures of the choroid plexus / Lise Prescott and Milton W. Brightman. Junctional proteins of the blood-CSF barrier / Susanne Angelow and Hans-Joachim Galla -- Physiology and molecular biology of the blood-CSF barrier. Fluid compartments of the central nervous system / Malcom B. Segal. Peptide-mediated regulation of CSF formation and blood flow to the choroid plexus / Joanna Szmydynger-Chodobska and Adam Chodobski. Ion transporters and channels involved in CSF formation / Peter D. Brown ... [et al.] The molecular basis of xenobiotic transport and metabolism in choroid plexus / David S. Miller, Simon Lowes, and John B. Pritchard. Homeostasis of nucleosides and nucleobases in the brain: the role of flux between the CSF and the brain ISF, transport aross the choroid plexus and the blood-brain barrier, and cellular uptake / Zoran B. Redzic. Regulation of neuroactive metals by the choroid plexus / G. Jane Li and Wei Zheng. The role of the choroid plexus in the transport and production of polypeptides / Adam Chodobski, Gerald D. Silverberg, and Joanna Szmydynger-Chodobska. Expression of transthyretin in the choroid plexus: relationship to brain homeostasis of thyroid hormones / Samantha J. Richardson -- Choroid plexus and CSF in Alzheimer's disease: altered expression and transport of proteins and peptides / Conrad E. Johanson ... [et al.] The blood-CSF barrier and cerebral ischemia / Richard F. Keep, Steven R. Ennis, and Jianming Xiang. Aging of the choroid plexus and CSF system: implications for neurodegeneration / Jane E. Preston, Michael R. Wilson, and Ruo Li Chen. The role of the choroid plexus in HIV-1 infection / Carol K. Petito. Choroid plexus and drug therapy for AIDS encephalopathy / Julie E. Gibbs and Sarah A. Thomas. Blood-CSF barrier in iron regulation and manganese-induced Parkinsonism / Wei Zheng. Involvement of the choroid plexus and the cerebrospinal fluid in immune molecule signaling in the central nervous system / Miles Herkenham. Experimental models of hydrocephalus: relation to human pathology / Charles E. Weaver and John A. Duncan. Clinical aspects of disorders of the choroid plexus and the CSF circulation / John D. Pickard ... [et al.] Grafting of the choroid plexus: clinical implications / Naoya Matsumoto ... [et al.] -- Current in vivo and in vitro models of the blood-CSF barrier. In situ perfusion techniques used in blood-CSF barrier research / Wei Zheng and Malcolm B. Segal. In vitro investigation of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier properties: primary cultures and immortalized cell lines of the choroidal epithelium / Nathalie Strazielle and Jean François Ghersi Egea. In vivo techniques used in blood-CSF barrier research: measurement of CSF formation / Adam Chodobski and Malcolm B. Segal.
Blood-brain barrier.
Choroid plexus.
Cerebrospinal fluid.