Barriers and Fluids of the Eye and Brain

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
Membrane Transport in Ocular Epithelia....Pages 1-13
Transport Functions of the Blood—Ocular and Blood—Brain Barriers, and the Microenvironment of Neuronal and non-neuronal Tissues....Pages 14-23
Ocular Pulsatile Blood Flow in Healthy and Diabetic Eyes....Pages 24-29
Physiology of the Vitreous: A Personal View....Pages 30-36
Role of Carbonic Anhydrase in Aqueous Humour and Cerebrospinal Fluid Formation....Pages 37-48
Pharmacological Manipulation of Cerebrospinal Fluid Secretion....Pages 49-58
Structural, Ultrastructural and Functional Correlations among Local Capillary Systems within the Brain....Pages 59-71
Effects of Phenylephrine and Dopamine on Locomotor Activity and Permeability of the Blood-Brain Barrier of Mice Exposed to Lead from Birth....Pages 72-81
Mechanisms Regulating Peptide Levels in the Cerebrospinal Fluid....Pages 82-105
Blood—Brain Barrier Permeability to Peptides and Proteins....Pages 106-115
Drainage of Cerebrospinal Fluid During Development and in Congenital Hydrocephalus....Pages 116-127
Development of the Blood—Brain Barrier to Macromolecules....Pages 128-155
Pathophysiology of Communicating Hydrocephalus: Information Provided by the New Imaging Modalities....Pages 156-183
Opening of the Blood—Brain Barrier to D-Mannitol Induced by Sensorimotor Cortical Lesions in the Anaesthetized Guinea-pig....Pages 184-187
Uptake of Thiamine by the Isolated Perfused Sheep Choroid Plexus....Pages 188-191
Epileptogenic Activity of Metaphitinduced Audiogenic Seizure in Small Rodents....Pages 192-197
Anticonvulsant Effects of Phencyclidine and PCP-like Drugs on Audiogenic Seizures Induced by Metaphit in Mice....Pages 198-202
Cotransport of Sodium, Potassium and Chloride in the Isolated Choroid Plexus....Pages 203-207
Effect of Congenital Hydrocephalus on Cortical Structure in the H-Tx Rat....Pages 208-209
Role of the Blood—Brain Barrier in Immunopathogenesis of Experimentally Induced Autoimmune Demyelination....Pages 210-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-219