Neurochemical Correlates of Cerebral Ischemia

In this timely volume, eminent researchers provide detailed coverage of the relevant function of neurochemical correlates to cerebral ischemia as well as their pathophysiological significance.

Contenu
1 Introduction: Current Biochemical and Molecular Approaches to the Study of Cerebral Ischemia.- 2 Metabolic Correlates of Focal Ischemia.- 3 Role of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase in Ischemic Injury.- 4 Disturbances of Protein and Polyamine Metabolism after Reversible Cerebral Ischemia.- 5 Oxygen Dependence of Neuronal Metabolism.- 6 Dysmetabolism in Lipid Brain Ischemia.- 7 Involvement of Calcium, Lipolytic Enzymes, and free Fatty acids in Ischemic Brain Trauma.- 8 Arachidonic Acid Lipoxygenase Products Participate in the Pathogenesis of Delayed Cerebral Ischemia.- 9 Biochemical Changes and Secondary Tissue Injury after Brain and Spinal Cord Ischemia!Reperfusion.- 10 Free Fatty Acid Liberation in the Pathogenesis and Therapy of Ischemic Brain Damage.- 11 Cerebral Ischemia and Polyphosphoinositide Metabolism.- 12 Protection Against Ischemic Brain Damage by Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists.- 13 Acute Alterations in Phosphoinosttide Turnover.- 14 New Insights into the Role of Oxygen Radicals in Cerebral Ischemia.- 15 Biochemical Factors and Mechanisms of Secondary Brain Damage in Cerebral Ischemia and Trauma.- 16 Modulators of Neural Cell Signaling and Triggering of Gene Expression Following Cerebral Ischemia.- 17 Cellular and Metabolic Significance of Cellular Acid-Base Shifts in Human Stroke.