Neurovascular medicine : pursuing cellular longevity for healthy aging / [edited by] Kenneth Maiese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maiese, Kenneth, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pathology, Cellular.

Pathology, Molecular.

Nervous system--Degeneration.

Nervous system.

Inflammation--Mediators.

Inflammation.

Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.

Aging--physiology.

Cell Physiological Phenomena.

Neurodegenerative Diseases--prevention & control.

Neurons--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.

Aging--physiology.

Cell Physiological Phenomena.

Neurodegenerative Diseases--prevention & control.

Neurons--physiology.

Physical Description:

xii, 580 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Contents:

Role of prion protein during normal physiology and disease / Adriana Simon Coitinho and Glaucia N.M. Hajj

Role of protein kinase C and related pathways in vascular smooth muscle contraction and hypertension / Xiaoying Qiao and Raouf A. Khalil

Brain temperature regulation during normal neural function and neuropathology / Eugene A. Kiyatkin

Retinal cellular metabolism and its regulation and control / Dao-Yi Yu ... [et al.]

Cross talk between the autonomic and central nervous systems: mechanistic and therapeutic considerations for neuronal, immune, vascular, and somatic-based diseases / Fuad Lechin and Bertha van der Dijs

Neurobiology of chronic pain / Min Zhuo

Physiological effects and disease manifestations of performance- enhancing androgenic-anabolic steroids, growth hormone, and insulin / Michael R. Graham ... [et al.]

Mesenchymal stem cells and transdifferentiated neurons in cross talk with the tissue microenvironment: implications for translational science / Katarzyna A. Trzaska ... [et al.]

Motoneurons from human embryonic stem cells: present status and future strategies for their use in regenerative medicine / K.S.Sidhu

Adult neurogenesis, neuroinflammation, and therapeutic potential of adult neural stem cells / Philippe Taupin

Glutamatergic signaling in neurogenesis / Noritaka Nakamichi and Yukio Yoneda

Neuroimmune interactions that operate in the development and progression of inflammatory demyelinating diseases: lessons from pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis / Enrico Fainardi and Massimiliano Castellazzi

Brain inflammation and the neuronal fate: from neurogenesis to neurodegeneration / Maria Antonietta Ajmone-Cat, Emanuele Cacci, and Luisa Minghetti

Immunomodulation in the nervous and vascular systems during inflammation and autoimmunity: the role of T regulatory cells / Kokona Chatzantoni and Athanasia Mouzaki

Alzheimer's disease: is it caused by cerebrovascular dysfunction? / Christian Humpel

Proteases in β-amyloid metabolism: potential therapeutic targets against Alzheimer's disease / Noureddine Brakch and Mohamed Rholam

Neurobiology of postischemic recuperation in the aged mammalian brain / Aurel Popa-Wagner ... [et al.]

Protein misfolding, mitochondrial disturbances, and kynurenines in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders / Gabriella Gárdián ... [et al.]

Redox signaling and vascular function / J. Will Langston, Magdalena L. Circu, and Tak Yee Aw

Gene therapy toward clinical application in the cardiovascular field / Hironori Nakagami, Mariana Kiomy Osako, and Ryuichi Morishita

Role of advanced glycation end products, oxidative stress, and inflammation in diabetic vascular complications / Sho-ichi Yamagishi, Takanori Matsui, Kazuo Nakamura

Reducing oxidative stress and enhancing neurovascular longevity during diabetes mellitus / Kenneth Maiese, Zhao Zhong Chong, and Faqi Li.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195326697

0195326695

OCLC:

192042282