An Introduction to the Blood-Brain Barrier

This book is devoted to exploring the complexities of the blood-brain barrier. The book begins by reviewing the historical experiments that led to the concept of a barrier protecting the brain from variations in the blood. Transport kinetics and carrier-mediated processes are described, and the mechanism by which molecules can cross the barrier is discussed. Ways in which the barrier can be disrupted and opened are covered as well. Subsequent chapters in the book describe the transport of glucose and amino acids into the central nervous systems, cover recent findings by which peptides and proteins are able to gain entry or are excluded from the brain, and analyze models that can be used for investigating how the blood-brain barrier can be disordered in neurological disease processes.

ISBN 0849377617   Pages 344 ISBN13 9780849377617 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc   Weight (grammes) 658 Imprint CRC Press Inc   Published in Bosa Roca Format Hardback   Height (mm) 235 Publication date 22 Dec 1992   Width (mm) 165 Library of Congress QP375.5.I6   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY 612.822   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

History and Basic Concepts. Transport of Glucose and Amino Acids in the Central Nervous System. Peptides and Proteins. Transport of Some Precursors of Nucleotides and Some Vitamins. Experimental Models in the Study of the Pathology of the Blood-Brain Barrier. Subject Index.

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