Research Catalog

Title

In defense of the brain : current concepts in the immunopathogenesis and clinical aspects of CNS infections / edited by Phillip K. Peterson, Jack. S. Remington.

Publication

Malden, Mass., USA : Blackwell Science, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Peterson, Phillip K.
• Remington, Jack S., 1931-

Description

xi, 355 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Central Nervous System Diseases > etiology
• Nervous system > Infections > Immunological aspects
• Central Nervous System Diseases > immunology
• Neuroimmunology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Pathophysiology of Alterations in the Blood-Brain Barrier During Bacterial Meningitis / Gregory C. Townsend and W. Michael Scheld -- 2. Leukocyte Migration into the Central Nervous System / William F. Hickey -- 3. Microglia: A "Double Edged Sword" / Phillip K. Peterson, Genya Gekker and Shuxian Hu [et al.] -- 4. Cells and Cytokines in Host Defense of the Central Nervous System / Yasuhiro Suzuki -- 5. Glia-Mediated Neurotoxicity / Chun C. Chao, Shuxian Hu and Phillip K. Peterson -- 6. Targeting Bacteria to the Central Nervous System / Axel Ring and Elaine I. Tuomanen -- 7. Contribution of Cytokines to Meningeal Inflammation in Bacterial Meningitis / George H. McCracken, Jr. and Xavier Saez-Llorens -- 8. Neuronal Injury in Meningitis / Martin G. Tauber, Young S. Kim and Stephen L. Leib -- 9. Mechanisms of Cerebral Malaria / Dominic Kwiatkowski -- 10. Toxoplasmosis of the Central Nervous System / Jose G. Montoya and Jack S. Remington --
• 11. Neuropathogenesis of African Sleeping Sickness / Christopher A. Hunter and Joanne Burke -- 12. Issues and Controversies in Cysticercosis / Theodore E. Nash -- 13. Cryptococcal Meningitis / John E. Bennett -- 14. Coccidioides immitis Meningitis / John N. Galgiani -- 15. Rabies: Lessons from the Past and a Glimpse into the Future / Hilary Koprowski and Bernhard Dietzschold -- 16. Herpes Simplex Infections of the Central Nervous System / Richard J. Whitley and Ann Arvin -- 17. Viral Persistence in the Central Nervous System / Glenn F. Rall and Michael B. A. Oldstone -- 18. The Neuropathogenesis of HIV-1-Associated Dementia / Howard E. Gendelman, Anuja Ghorpade and Yuri Persidsky -- 19. Viral-Induced Demyelination Leading to Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: The Involvement of Both Immune and Nervous System Target Cells / Eugene O. Major and Blanche L. Curfman -- 20. Molecular Pathogenesis of Genetic and Infectious Prion Diseases / Stanley B. Prusiner.

ISBN

0865425558 (c)

LCCN

97004121

OCLC

• 36262071
• ocm36262071
• SCSB-4784812

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries