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The Blood-Retinal Barriers

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 32)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. General Aspects of Membrane Permeability

    1. Structure and Function of Cell Membranes

      • Arselio P. Carvalho
      Pages 1-45
    2. Biophysical Aspects of Membrane Permeability

      • J. J. P. De Lima
      Pages 47-64
  3. Sites and Functions of the Blood-Brain and Blood-Retinal Barriers

    1. Cerebral Endothelium, Blood-Brain-Barrier and the Astrocyte Membrane

      • K. Dorovini-Zis, J. J. Anders, M. W. Brightman
      Pages 65-79
  4. Transport at the Blood-Brain and Blood-Retinal Barriers

    1. Drug Exchanges between the Blood and Vitreous

      • David M. Maurice
      Pages 165-178
    2. Drainage of Intraocular Fluids

      • Anders Bill
      Pages 179-193
  5. Methods of Evaluation of the Blood-Retinal Barriers

    1. Vitreous Fluorophotometry

      • Jose Cunha-Vaz
      Pages 195-210
  6. Pathology of the Blood-Retinal Barriers

    1. Pathology of the Blood-Retinal Barrier

      • Mark O. M. Tso
      Pages 235-250
    2. Retinal Edema: Postulated Mechanism(s)

      • Paul Kenking, Roy W. Bellhorn, Burton Schall
      Pages 251-268
    3. Experimental Inner Retinal Ischaemia and the Blood-Retinal Barriers

      • D. B. Archer, F.R.C.S., T. A. Gardner
      Pages 279-299
    4. Experimental Retinal Angiogenesis

      • Daniel Finkelstein, Arnall Patz
      Pages 301-307
  7. Clinical Significance of Alteration of the Blood-Retinal Barriers

    1. Diseases Affecting the Inner Blood-Retinal Barrier

      • Morton F. Goldberg
      Pages 309-363
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 375-391

Editors and Affiliations

  • Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, USA

    Jose G. Cunha-Vaz

  • Retina Service, University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, USA

    Jose G. Cunha-Vaz

  • Department of Opthalmology, University of Coimbra, Portugal

    Jose G. Cunha-Vaz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Blood-Retinal Barriers

  • Editors: Jose G. Cunha-Vaz

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series A:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4655-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-4657-0Published: 15 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-4655-6Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 391

  • Topics: Ophthalmology

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