Brain Edema X

After Focal Cerebral Ischemia in CuZn-Superoxide Dismutase Gene Knockout Mutant Mice.- Therapeutic Dose and Timing of Administration of RNA Synthesis Inhibitors for Preventing Cerebral Vasospasm after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Section II - Trauma.- Traumatic Brain Swelling in Head Injured Patients: Brain Edema or Vascular Engorgement?.- Evaluation of Homeostatic Changes in CSF Circulation: In vivo Analysis of the Effect of Neurotransmitter Accumulation in the Extracellular Space Following Transient Global Ischemia.- Detection of Brain Atrophy Following Traumatic Brain Injury Using Gravimetric Techniques.- Altered Brain Oxygen Extraction with Hypoxia and Hypotension Following Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest.- Posttraumatic Edema in the Corpus Callosum Shown by MRI.- Detection of Lipid Peroxidation and Hydroxyl Radicals in Brain Contusion of Rats.- Time Course of Tissue Elasticity and Fluidity in Vasogenic Brain Edema.- The Penumbra Zone of a Traumatic Cortical Lesion: a Microdialysis Study of Excitatory Amino Acid Release.- Assessment of Regional Cortical Blood Flow Following Traumatic Lesion of the Brain.- Comparison of the Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-10 Response in Children After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury or Septic Shock.- Changes of MPO Activity and Brain Water Accumulation in Traumatic Brain Injury Experiments.- Hemodynamic Depression and Micro-thrombosis in the Peripheral Areas of Cortical Contusion in the Rat: Role of Platelet Activating Factor.- Characterisation of Brain Edema Following "Controlled Cortical Impact Injury" in Rats.- The Role of Adenosine During the Period of Delayed Cerebral Swelling After Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Humans.- Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) in Patients with Severe Brain Injury and Elevated Intracranial Pressure.- MRI Diffusion-Weighted Spectroscopy of Reversible and Irreversible Ischemic Injury Following Closed Head Injury.- Biphasic Pathophysiological Response of Vasogenic and Cellular Edema in Traumatic Brain Swelling.- Intracranial Pressure in a Modified Experimental Model of Closed Head Injury.- Hypertonic/Hyperoncotic Saline Reliably Reduces ICP in Severely Head-Injured Patients with Intracranial Hypertension.- Topical Application of Insulin Like Growth Factor-1 Reduces Edema and Upregulation of Neuronal Nitric Oxide Synthase Following Trauma to the Rat Spinal Cord.- Prostaglandins Modulate Constitutive Isoform of Heat Shock Protein (72 kD) Response Following Trauma to the Rat Spinal Cord.- Section III - Cellular Swelling and Injury.- The Effect of Endothelins on Ion Transport Systems in Cultured Rat Brain Capillary Endothelial Cells.- Neurotoxicity of Serum Components, Comparison Between CA1 and Striatum.- Role of Calcium Ions in Acidosis-Induced Glial Swelling.- Glutamate Induced Astroglial Swelling - Methods and Mechanisms.- Impaired Learning of Active Avoidance in Water-Intoxicated Rats.- Topical Application of 5-HT Antibodies Reduces Edema and Cell Changes Following Trauma of the Rat Spinal Cord.- Section IV - Neoplasms.- Steroids Decrease Uptake of Carboplatin in Rat Gliomas - Uptake Improved by Intracarotid Infusion of Bradykinin Analog, RMP-7.- Effect of Glycerol on Blood Flow Distribution in Tumoral and Peritumoral Brain Tissue.- Assessment of Vasoreactivity in Brain Edema by Acetazolamide Activation SPECT and PET.- Tumor Specific Contrast Enhancement Study of Mn-Metalloporphyrin (ATN-10) - Comparison of Rat Brain Tumor Model, Cytotoxic and Vasogenic Edema Models.- Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) and Magnetization Transfer Contrast (MTC) Mapping of Experimental Brain Tumor.- The Origin of Lactate in Peritumoral Edema as Measured by Proton-Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging.- Section V - Therapy.- Neuroprotective Properties of a Novel Antioxidant (U-101033E) with Improved Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability in Focal Cerebral Ischemia.- Effect of ?-Trinositol on Swelling and Damage of Glial Cells by Lactacidosis and Glutamate.- Effects of Lecithinized SOD on Contusion Injury in Rats.- Extracellular Changes of Taurine in the Peri-Infarct Zone: Effect of Lubeluzole.- Effect of Tromethamine (THAM) on Infarct Volume Following Permanent Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats.- Antioxidant, OPC-14117, Attenuates Edema Formation and Behavioral Deficits Following Cortical Contusion in Rats.- OPC-21268, an Orally Effective, Nonpeptide Arginine Vasopressin V1 Receptor Antagonist Reduces Vasogenic Brain Edema.- Treatment of Acute Intracranial Hypertension with RU 51599, a Selective Kappa Opioid Agonist.- The Effect of Nitric Oxide Inhibition on Ischemic Brain Edema.- Blood-Brain Barrier Disturbances After rt-PA Treatment of Thromboembolic Stroke in the Rat.- The Effect of Dotarizine (Ca2+ Channel Blocker) on Cerebral Vessel Reactivity in Animals Subjected to Hyperventilation and Anoxia.- Section VI - Molecular Mechanisms.- Substance P Endopeptidase Activity in the Rat Spinal Cord Following Injury: Influence of the New Anti-Oxidant Compound H 290/51.- Benzodiazepine Receptors Influence Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials and Edema Following Trauma to the Rat Spinal Cord.- Induction of Matrix Metalloproteinases Following Brain Injury in Rats.- Expression of Annexin and Annexin-mRNA in Rat Brain Under Influence of Steroid Drugs.- Role of Protein Kinase C in Acidosis Induced Glial Swelling - Current Understanding.- Dependence of Basal Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebral Vascular Resistance in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Upon Vasoconstrictor Prostanoids.- Section VII - Blood Brain Barrier.- The Mechanism of Reversible Osmotic Opening of the Blood-Brain Barrier: Role of Intracellular Calcium Ion in Capillary Endothelial Cells.- Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption, Edema Formation, and Apoptotic Neuronal Death Following Cold Injury.- Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption, HSP70 Expression and Apoptosis Due to 3-Nitropropionic Acid, a Mitochondrial Toxin.- Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown Occurs Early After Traumatic Brain Injury and is not Related to White Blood Cell Adherence.- Acute Blood-Brain Barrier Changes in Experimental Closed Head Injury as Measured by MRI and GD-DTPA.- Transport of Human ?-Amyloid Peptide Through the Rat Blood-Brain Barrier After Global Cerebral Ischemia.- Enhanced Brain Opioid Receptor Activity Precedes Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption.- Section VIII - Thermal Effects.- The Effects of MethylmethacrylateO's Hyperthermic Polymerization on Cerebral Vascular Permeability.- Intraischemic Hypothermia During Pretreatment with Sublethal Ischemia Reduces the Induction of Ischemic Tolerance in the Gerbil Hippocampus.- The Relationship Between Brain Temperature and Neutrophil Accumulation After Traumatic Brain Injury in Rats.- Effect of Mild and Moderate Hypothermia on the Acidosis-Induced Swelling of Glial Cells.- Cerebral Vascular Response to Hypertonic Fluid Resuscitation in Thermal Injury.- Morphologic Analysis of the Cerebral Microcirculation After Thermal Injury and the Response to Fluid Resuscitation.- Role of Neurochemicals in Brain Edema and Cell Changes Following Hyperthermic Brain Injury in the Rat.- Acute Heat Stress Induces Edema and Nitric Oxide Synthase Upregulation and Down-Regulates mRNA Levels of the NMDAR1, NMDAR2A and NMDAR2B Subunits in the Rat Hippocampus.- Section IX - Miscellaneous.- Choroid Plexus Ion Transporter Expression and Cerebrospinal Fluid Secretion.- Effect of Infection Brain Edema on NMDA Receptor Binding in Rat Brain in vivo.- The Rapid Flow of Cerebrospinal Fluid from Ventricles to Cisterns via Subarachnoid Velae in the Normal Rat.- Quantitative Analysis of Brain Edema Resolution into the Cerebral Ventricles and Subarachnoid Space.- Responses of Cerebral Blood Flow Regulation to Activation of the Primary Somatosensory Cortex During Electrical Stimulation of the Forearm.- A New Model of Spinal Cord Edema.- Assessment of the CAMINO Intracranial Pressure Device in Clinical Practice.- Author Index.- Index of Keywords.