Description
This volume includes paradigms, model systems, and techniques for the study of dysfunctions in the nervous system. The advantages and disadvantages of the approaches presented are critically discussed.
- Neural injury
- Developmental cell death
- Disease processes and aging
Chapter
Chapter 2. Nitric Oxide Toxicity in Central Nervous System Cultures
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41 – 59
Chapter 3. Development of in Vitro Injury Models for Oligodendroglia
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59 – 70
Chapter 4. Glia Models to Study Glial Cell Cytotoxicity
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70 – 96
Chapter 5. Rodent Glioma Models
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96 – 112
Chapter 6. Peripheral Lesioning of Olfactory System: Expression of Neurotrophin Receptors
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112 – 121
Chapter 7. Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Lesions and Complete Transection of Septal–Hippocampal Pathway
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121 – 130
Chapter 8. Neurochemical Lesions: Tools for Functional Assessment of Serotonin Neuronal Systems
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130 – 139
Chapter 9. Cerebral Glucose/Energy Metabolism: Valid Techniques in Humans and Animals
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139 – 150
Chapter 10. Heavy Metal Effects on Glia
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150 – 182
Chapter 11. Source, Metabolism, and Function of Cysteine and Glutathione in the Central Nervous System
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182 – 193
Chapter 12. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Neural Tissue
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193 – 224
Chapter 13. Acute Stroke Diagnosis with Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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224 – 258
Chapter 14. Evaluation of Free Radical-Initiated Oxidant Events within the Nervous System
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258 – 275
Chapter 15. Exogenous Administration of Cytokines into the Central Nervous System: Analysis of Alterations in Cell Morphology and Molecular Expression
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275 – 290
Chapter 16. Animal Models to Produce Cortical Cholinergic Dysfunction
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290 – 305
Chapter 17. In Vitro Studies of Liposome-Mediated Gene Transfection
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305 – 313
Chapter 18. Construction and Analysis of Transgenic Mice Expressing Amyloidogenic Fragments of Alzheimer Amyloid Protein Precursor
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313 – 330
Chapter 19. Golgi Technique Used to Study Stress and Glucocorticoid Effects on Hippocampal Neuronal Morphology
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330 – 342
Color Plate Section
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352 – 356