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Immunological Mechanisms and Therapies in Brain Injuries and Stroke

  • Explores the role of inflammation and immunological mechanisms in protecting the CNS during injury
  • Looks at translational and clinical research
  • Provides a comprehensive up-to-date overview
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research (SSTSR, volume 6)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. The Critical Roles of Immune Cells in Acute Brain Injuries

    • Peiying Li, Yu Gan, Leilei Mao, Rehana Leak, Jun Chen, Xiaoming Hu
    Pages 9-25
  3. Immune Cell-Derived Free Radicals in Acute Brain Injury

    • Purnima Narasimhan, Hiroyuki Sakata, Joo Eun Jung, Tatsuro Nishi, Takuma Wakai, Carolina M. Maier et al.
    Pages 53-66
  4. The Complement Cascade in Acute Brain Injury

    • Michael McDowell, Nicholas Shea, Gaurav Gupta, E. Sander Connolly Jr.
    Pages 67-85
  5. Matrix Metalloproteinases as an Inflammatory Mediator in the Neurovascular Unit

    • Changhong Xing, Takakuni Maki, Ji Hae Seo, Ken Arai, Eng H. Lo
    Pages 87-96
  6. Toll-Like Receptors in Ischemic Stroke and Other Acute Brain Injuries

    • Frances Rena Bahjat, Raffaella Gesuete, Mary P. Stenzel-Poore
    Pages 97-120
  7. Systemic Immune Responses after Experimental Stroke

    • Halina Offner, Patricia D. Hurn
    Pages 153-176
  8. Infectious Burden and Risk of Stroke

    • Jorge M. Luna, Mitchell S. V. Elkind
    Pages 177-210
  9. Inflammation as a Therapeutic Target after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Advances and Challenges

    • Mutsumi Fujii, Sheng Chen, Damon Klebe, Yoshiteru Soejima, Alexander Vakhmyanin, John H. Zhang
    Pages 249-274
  10. The Role of PPARγ in Stroke

    • Xiurong Zhao, Jaroslaw Aronowski
    Pages 301-320
  11. CD36: An Inflammatory Mediator in Acute Brain Injury

    • Sunghee Cho, Maria Febbraio
    Pages 321-347
  12. Cool Down the Inflammation: Hypothermia as a Therapeutic Strategy for Acute Brain Injuries

    • Yama Akbari, Maximilian Mulder, Ali Razmara, Romergryko Geocadin
    Pages 349-375

About this book

Recent research has revealed the importance of immunological mechanisms and inflammation in delaying damage and/or promoting repair after an acute injury to the central nervous system.  This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the role of immunological mechanisms and therapies for treating acute neurological injuries such as cerebral ischemia, hemorrhage, and brain and spinal cord trauma. In several sections, the contributing authors provide a review of immunological mechanisms involved in neurological injury and of various translational and clinical research aimed at harnessing those mechanisms for better patient outcomes.​

Reviews

“This is an outstanding book on immune molecular and cellular treatment for brain injury and ischemia. … I recommend this book for all brain injury, stroke, and trauma investigators. This monograph is well written and profusely covered with pictures and postmortem slides reinforcing the concepts discussed. Students of Neurology and Neurosurgery will also find this a useful reference and stand alone book.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, October, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA

    Jun Chen

  • Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA

    Xiaoming Hu

  • Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, USA

    Mary Stenzel-Poore

  • Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, USA

    John H. Zhang

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Immunological Mechanisms and Therapies in Brain Injuries and Stroke

  • Editors: Jun Chen, Xiaoming Hu, Mary Stenzel-Poore, John H. Zhang

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Translational Stroke Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8915-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8914-6Published: 10 November 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4495-8Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-8915-3Published: 09 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2363-958X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2363-9598

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 386

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosciences, Neurology, Neurobiology

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Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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