Cerebrovascular Diseases. Nineteenth Princeton Stroke Conference

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Participants and Contributing Authors, Pages xi-xxii
Preface, Pages xxiii-xxiv
Acknowledgments, Pages xxv-xxvi
CHAPTER 1 - Nitric Oxide Neurotoxicity in Primary Neuronal Cultures, Pages 3-15
CHAPTER 2 - Cerebral Arteriolar Effects of Excitatory Amino Acids, Pages 17-24
CHAPTER 3 - The Importance of Superoxide in Nitric Oxide-Dependent Cerebral Ischemic Injury, Pages 25-36
CHAPTER 4 - Nitric Oxide and Carbon Dioxide Reactivity, Pages 37-47
CHAPTER 5 - Roundtable Discussion: Part I, Pages 49-56
CHAPTER 6 - Interpretation of Leukocyte Activation Measurements from Systemic Blood Vessels, Pages 59-73
CHAPTER 7 - Inflammatory Cytokines and Stroke: Emerging New Strategies for Stroke Therapeutics, Pages 75-91
CHAPTER 8 - Roundtable Discussion: Part II, Pages 93-97
Introduction to Vascular Wall Factors, Pages 99-101
CHAPTER 9 - Expression of Inflammatory Mediators in Human Atherosclerotic Plaque in Symptomatic versus Asymptomatic Patients, Pages 103-110
CHAPTER 10 - Acute Phase Response in Atherothrombotic Stroke, Pages 111-122
CHAPTER 11 - Investigation of Wall Motion, Local Hemodynamics, and Atherosclerotic Plaque Geometry in Carotid Arteries Using 4-D Ultrasound and High Resolution Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Pages 123-133
CHAPTER 12 - Roundtable Discussion: Part III, Pages 135-141
CHAPTER 13 - Genetic Control of Neural Apoptosis, Pages 145-152
CHAPTER 14 - N-Methyl-D-Aspartate-Mediated Neurotoxicity Is Associated with Oxygen-Derived Free Radicals, Pages 153-163
CHAPTER 15 - Neuroprotective Strategies in a Model of Selective Neuronal Necrosis from Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest, Pages 165-173
CHAPTER 16 - Role of Nitric Oxide in Excitotoxic and Ischemic Neuronal Damage, Pages 175-188
CHAPTER 17 - Roundtable Discussion: Part IV, Pages 189-196
CHAPTER 18 - The Genes That Regulate Programmed Cell Death: From Worm to Mammal, Pages 199-218
CHAPTER 19 - Alterations of Stress Gene and Immediate Early Gene Expression Following Focal Ischemia in Brain, Pages 219-229
CHAPTER 20 - Regulation of the Inducible Prostaglandin Synthase Gene and Second Messengers in Brain: Implications for Stroke, Pages 231-250
CHAPTER 21 - Role of Amyloid Protein Precursor and Apolipoprotein E in Stroke, Pages 251-262
CHAPTER 22 - Roundtable Discussion: Part V, Pages 263-267
CHAPTER 23 - Programmed Cell Life: Neuroprotective Signal Transduction and Ischemic Brain Injury, Pages 271-290
CHAPTER 24 - Regulation of Neuronal Vulnerability to Ischemia by Peptide Growth Factors and Intracellular Second Messenger Systems: The Role of Protein Kinase C and the cAMP Dependent Protein Kinase, Pages 291-314
CHAPTER 25 - Sequential Expression of Immediate Early Genes and Neurotrophin Genes after Focal Cerebral Ischemia, Pages 315-322
CHAPTER 26 - Roundtable Discussion: Part VI, Pages 323-327
CHAPTER 27 - The Concept of the Therapeutic Window: A Synthesis of Critical Issues, Pages 331-351
CHAPTER 28 - The Role of Calcium in Delayed Postischemic Brain Damage, Pages 353-370
CHAPTER 29 - PET Evidence Bearing on the Therapeutic Window, Pages 371-378
CHAPTER 30 - Therapeutic Window: An In Vitro Perspective, Pages 379-382
CHAPTER 31 - Roundtable Discussion: Part VII, Pages 383-388
CHAPTER 32 - An Overview of Cytoprotective Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke, Pages 391-401
CHAPTER 33 - Roundtable Discussion A: Part VIII, Pages 403-407
CHAPTER 34 - Thrombolytic Treatment in Acute Stroke: Review and Update of Selective Topics, Pages 409-418
CHAPTER 35 - Roundtable Discussion B: Part VIII, Pages 419-425
CHAPTER 36 - Preventing Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation: Overview of the Randomized Trials of Antithrombotic Therapy, Pages 427-436
CHAPTER 37 - The Level of Activity of the Hemostatic System, the Rate of Embolic Stroke, and Age: Is There a Correlation?, Pages 437-442
CHAPTER 38 - Warfarin-Antiplatelet Recurrent Stroke Study (WARSS), Pages 443-448
CHAPTER 39 - Diffusion-Weighted Imaging, Pages 451-462
CHAPTER 40 - Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cerebral Blood Flow, Pages 463-473
CHAPTER 41 - The Role of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Stroke, Pages 475-485
CHAPTER 42 - Roundtable Discussion: Part IX, Pages 487-495
CHAPTER 43 - The Physiological Basis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pages 499-508
CHAPTER 44 - Assessing Higher Order Functions of the Cerebral Cortex Using Functional MRI: The Working Memory Function of Prefrontal Cortex as a Case Study, Pages 509-517
CHAPTER 45 - fMRI Brain Mapping: Clinical Applications of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Pages 519-520,CP1,CP2,521-539
CHAPTER 46 - Roundtable Discussion: Part X, Pages 541-546
Index, Pages 547-552