Human Brain Circulation

...a worthwhile book that makes a genuine attempt to address the complexities of human cerebrovascular physiology...nowhere else will one find this concentration of recent material addressed specifically to the physiology of human cerebral vasculature.-Journal of Neurosurgery

• CH. 1. Positron Emission Tomography of the Brain: In Vivo Techniques for Studying Cerebrovascular Pathophysiology.- CH. 2. Some Features of the Functional Anatomy of Human Cerebral Blood Vessels.- CH. 3. Neural Pathways to the Cerebral Circulation in Humans.- CH. 4. Neuropeptides in Human Cerebral Arteries: Occurrence, Characterization, and Receptors.- CH. 5. Norepinephrine and Neuropeptide Y as Neurotransmitters to Cerebral Arteries.- CH. 6. Putative Transmitters in Cerebral Neurogenic Vasodilation.- CH. 7. Is There a Neurogenic Influence on the Diameter of Human Small Pial Arteries?.- CH. 8. Autonomic Receptors in Human Brain Arteries.- CH. 9. Cholinergic Receptors in Human Brain Arteries and Microvessels: Alterations in Alzheimer’s Disease.- CH. 10. Peptide Receptors in Human Brain Arteries.- CH. 11. Ion Channels in Cerebral Arteries.- CH. 12. A Comparison of the Properties of EDRF, Nitric Oxide, and S-Nitrocysteine.- CH. 13. Endothelium-Dependent Contraction of Cerebral Arteries.- CH. 14. Myogenic (Stretch-Induced) and Flow-Regulated Tone of Human Pial Arteries.- CH. 15. Mechanisms of Hypoxic and Hypercapnic Cerebral Vasodilatation.- CH. 16. Regulation of Pituitary Circulation.- CH. 17. Aspects of the Choroid Plexus-Cerebrospinal Fluid System.- CH. 18. Collateral Pial Arteries.- CH. 19. The Intracerebral Circulation.- CH. 20. Cerebral Circulation of the Fetus and Newborn.- CH. 21. Functional Changes in the Aging Cerebrovasculature.- CH. 22. Species Differences in Pial Functional Characteristics.- CH. 23. Regulation of the Circulation of the Brain: A Systemic Approach.- CH. 24. Vascular Tissue Preservation Techniques.- CH. 25. In Vitro Small Artery Methodology.- CH. 26. Molecular Aspects of Endothelial Function in Hemostasis, Inflammation, and Thrombosis.- CH. 27.The Role of 21-Aminosteroids in Cerebral Ischemia and Reperfusion.- CH. 28. Therapeutic Potential of L-Arginine, a Precursor of Nitric Oxide, in Focal Cerebral Ischemia.- CH. 29. Acute Vasospasm and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Role of Protein Kinase C.- CH. 30. Chronic Cerebrovasospasm: Role of Increased Vascular Wall Rigidity.- CH. 31. Feeding Artery Rigidity and Hemodynamics of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations.- CH. 32. Effects of Acute Hypertension on Pial Artery Tone.- CH. 33. Changes in the Cerebral Circulation in Chronic Hypertension.- CH. 34. Can Vascular Headaches Be Triggered by the Autonomic Nervous System?.- CH. 35. Importance of Cerebrovascular Receptors in Cluster Headache.