This well-structured and balanced account of our current knowledge of immune and inflammatory aspects of CNS disorders will appeal to researchers and clinicians alike.

• 1. Developmental influences on inflammation in the brain ; 2. Imaging inflammation in the brain ; 3. Astrocytic networks and brain injury ; 4. Blood-brain barrier and perivascular cells ; 5. CNS responses to peripheral insults ; 6. Inflammatory events in focal cerebral ischaemia ; 7. Cytokines and neurodegeneration ; 8. Inflammatory responses to traumatic brain injury: an overview for the millennium ; 9. Inflammatory demyelination and axonopathy in the CNS ; 10. CNS immune reactions in Alzheimer's disease ; 11. Transplantation of neuronal and non-neuronal cells into the brain

This well-structured and balanced account of our current knowledge of immune and inflammatory aspects of CNS disorders will appeal to researchers and clinicians alike.

• 1. Developmental influences on inflammation in the brain ; 2. Imaging inflammation in the brain ; 3. Astrocytic networks and brain injury ; 4. Blood-brain barrier and perivascular cells ; 5. CNS responses to peripheral insults ; 6. Inflammatory events in focal cerebral ischaemia ; 7. Cytokines and neurodegeneration ; 8. Inflammatory responses to traumatic brain injury: an overview for the millennium ; 9. Inflammatory demyelination and axonopathy in the CNS ; 10. CNS immune reactions in Alzheimer's disease ; 11. Transplantation of neuronal and non-neuronal cells into the brain

This well-structured and balanced account of our current knowledge of immune and inflammatory aspects of CNS disorders will appeal to researchers and clinicians alike.

• 1. Developmental influences on inflammation in the brain ; 2. Imaging inflammation in the brain ; 3. Astrocytic networks and brain injury ; 4. Blood-brain barrier and perivascular cells ; 5. CNS responses to peripheral insults ; 6. Inflammatory events in focal cerebral ischaemia ; 7. Cytokines and neurodegeneration ; 8. Inflammatory responses to traumatic brain injury: an overview for the millennium ; 9. Inflammatory demyelination and axonopathy in the CNS ; 10. CNS immune reactions in Alzheimer's disease ; 11. Transplantation of neuronal and non-neuronal cells into the brain