In Defense of the Brain covers the most up-to-date topics in CNS infections including bacterial meningitis, leukocyte migration, microglia and various other afflictions that affect the nervous system.
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Höhe: 160 mm
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978-0-86542-555-2 (9780865425552)
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Preface; Contributors; 1 Pathophysiology of Alterations in the Blood-Brain Barrier during Bacterial Meningitis; 2 Leukocyte Migration into the Central Nervous System; 3 Microglia: a 'Double-Edged' Sword; 4 Cells and Cytokines in Host Defense of the Central Nervous System; 5 Glia-Mediated Neurotoxicity; 6 Targeting Bacteria to the Central Nervous System; 7 Contribution of Cytokines to Meningeal Inflammation in Bacterial Meningitis; 8 Neuronal Injury in Meningitis; 9 Mechanisms of Cerebral Malaria 10 Toxoplasmosis of the Central Nervous System; 11 Neuropathogenesis of African Sleeping Sickness; 12 Issues and Controversies in Cysticercosis; 13 Cryptococcal Meningitis; 14 Coccidioides Immitis Meningitis; 15 Rabies: Lessons from the Past and a Glimpse into the Future; 16 Herpes Simplex Infections of the Central Nervous System; 17 Viral Persistence in the Central Nervous System; 18 The Neuropathogenesis of HIV-1-Associated Dementia; 19 Viral-Induced Demyelination Leading to Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: The Involvement of both Immune and Nervous System Target Cells; 20 Molecular Pathogenesis of Genetic and Infectious Prion Diseases; Index
