Neurovascular medicine : pursuing cellular longevity for healthy aging / [edited by] Kenneth Maiese. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xii, 580 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 [beta]-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, and Kazuo Nakamura -- Reducing oxidative stress and enhancing neurovascular longevity during diabetes mellitus / Kenneth Maiese, Zhao Zhong Chong, and Faqi Li.

9780195326697 (alk. paper) 0195326695 (alk. paper)

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Pathology, Cellular.
Pathology, Molecular.
Nervous system--Degeneration.
Inflammation--Mediators.
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena.
Aging--physiology.
Cell Physiological Phenomena.
Neurodegenerative Diseases--prevention & control.
Neurons--physiology.

RB113 / .N48 2009

616.07

2009 A-237 WL 102 / N5122 2009