Central nervous system diseases and inflammation /

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Imprint:New York : Springer, c2008.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 313 p., [8] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8884831
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Other authors / contributors:Lane, T. E. (Thomas E.)
ISBN:9780387738949
0387738940
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Focusing on inflammatory CNS disease, this book explores how chemokines affect disease. It contains four sections which revolve around areas of interest within the field of neuroimmunology, virology, pharmacology and disease.
Other form:Print version: Central nervous system diseases and inflammation. New York : Springer, c2008 9780387738932 0387738932
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter; Microglia: A CNS-Specific Tissue Macrophage; Mechanisms of Microglial Activation by Amyloid Precursor Protein and its Proteolytic Fragments; Pericytes; Imaging Microglia in the Central Nervous System: Past, Present and Future; Cytokines in CNS Inflammation and Disease; Arachidonic Acid Metabolites: Function in Neurotoxicity and Inflammation in the Central Nervous System; Pattern Recognition Receptors in CNS Disease; Central Nervous System Diseases and Inflammation; Chemokines and Autoimmune Demyelination; Chemokine Actions in the CNS: Insights from Transgenic Mice.