The Blood-Retinal Barriers

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Structure and Function of Cell Membranes....Pages 1-45
Biophysical Aspects of Membrane Permeability....Pages 47-64
Cerebral Endothelium, Blood-Brain-Barrier and the Astrocyte Membrane....Pages 65-79
Cerebrovascular Permeability in the Normal Brain and Following Osmotic Opening of the Blood-Brain Barrier....Pages 81-100
Sites and Functions of the Blood-Retinal Barriers....Pages 101-117
Alterations of Amino Acid Transport in the Central Nervous System....Pages 119-132
Transport Functions of the Blood-Retinal Barrier System and the Micro-Environment of the Retina....Pages 133-163
Drug Exchanges between the Blood and Vitreous....Pages 165-178
Drainage of Intraocular Fluids....Pages 179-193
Vitreous Fluorophotometry....Pages 195-210
Fluorescein Angiography and the Blood-Retinal Barrier....Pages 211-234
Pathology of the Blood-Retinal Barrier....Pages 235-250
Retinal Edema: Postulated Mechanism(s)....Pages 251-268
Acute Hypertension and Experimental Diabetes: Evaluation of their Effects on Blood-Ocular Barriers....Pages 269-277
Experimental Inner Retinal Ischaemia and the Blood-Retinal Barriers....Pages 279-299
Experimental Retinal Angiogenesis....Pages 301-307
Diseases Affecting the Inner Blood-Retinal Barrier....Pages 309-363
Significance of Alteration of the Outer Blood-Retinal Barrier....Pages 365-374
Back Matter....Pages 375-391