In defense of the brain : current concepts in the immunopathogenesis and clinical aspects of CNS infections /
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| Imprint: | Malden, Mass., USA : Blackwell Science, c1997. |
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| Description: | xi, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2764634 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Contributors
- Pathophysiology of Alterations in the Blood-Brain Barrier during Bacterial Meningitis
- Leukocyte Migration into the Central Nervous System
- Microglia: a 'Double-Edged' Sword
- Cells and Cytokines in Host Defense of the Central Nervous System
- Glia-Mediated Neurotoxicity
- Targeting Bacteria to the Central Nervous System
- Contribution of Cytokines to Meningeal Inflammation in Bacterial Meningitis
- Neuronal Injury in Meningitis
- Mechanisms of Cerebral Malaria0 Toxoplasmosis of the Central Nervous System
- 1. Neuropathogenesis of African Sleeping Sickness
- 2. Issues and Controversies in Cysticercosis
- 3. Cryptococcal Meningitis
- 4. Coccidioides Immitis Meningitis
- 5. Rabies: Lessons from the Past and a Glimpse into the Future
- 6. Herpes Simplex Infections of the Central Nervous System
- 7. Viral Persistence in the Central Nervous System
- 8. The Neuropathogenesis of HIV-1-Associated Dementia
- 9. Viral-Induced Demyelination Leading to Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy: The Involvement of both Immune and Nervous System Target Cells
- 0. Molecular Pathogenesis of Genetic and Infectious Prion Diseases
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