Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology Neural Membranes and Transport

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TIGHT JUNCTIONS IN THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER – H. Wolburg, A. Lippoldt, and K. Ebnet.- BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER MODELS – M. A. Deli.- STRUCTURE AND PATHOLOGY OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER – S. Nag.- PATHOLOGY OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER - S. Rooker and J. Verlooy.- FUNCTIONAL IMAGING OF P-GLYCOPROTEIN IN THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER WITH PET: STATE OF THE ART – N. H. Hendrikse, G. Luurtsema, B. N. M. van Berckel, E. J. F. Franssen, and A. A. Lammertsma.- A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER – M. Adenot.- CHOLESTEROL - A JANUS-FACED MOLECULE IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM – W. G. Wood, U. Igbavboa, G. P. Eckert, and W. E. Müller.- AQUAPORINS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - M. C. Papadopoulos, S. Saadoun, and A. S. Verkman.- PEPTIDE MEDIATORS OF THE BRAIN ENDOTHELIUM – B. Kis, Y. Ueta, D. W. Busija.- NA+, K+-atpASE IN THE BRAIN: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION – G. Rodríguez de Lores Arnaiz.- NA+/CA2+ EXCHANGERS AND Ca2+ TRANSPORT IN NEURONS – J. Lytton.- GLUTAMATE-INDUCED NEURONAL DEATH AND NA+/CA2+ EXCHANGE – L. Kiedrowski.- ROLE AND REGULATION OF COPPER AND ZINC TRANSPORT PROTEINS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM – C. W. Levenson and N. M. Tassabehji.- FUNCTIONAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF GABA TRANSPORTERS – K. Madsen, H. S. White, R. P. Clausen, B. Frølund, O. M. Larsson, P. Krogsgaard-Larsen, and A. Schousboe.- TRANSPORTERS FOR EXCITATORY AND NEUTRAL AMINO ACIDS – C. P. Landowski, Y. Suzuki, M. A. Hediger.- SLC38 FAMILY OF TRANSPORTERS FOR NEUTRAL AMINO ACIDS – S. Bröer.- MONOAMINE TRANSPORTERS IN THE BRAIN: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION – H. H. Sitte and M. Freissmuth.- REGULATION OF BIOGENIC AMINE TRANSPORTERS – L. D. Jayanthi, D. J. Samuvel, E. R. Buck, M. E. A. Reith, and S. Ramamoorthy.- EXPRESSION AND FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES OF GLUCOSE TRANSPORTERS IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM – G. G. Piroli, C. A. Grillo, L. R. Reznikov, and L. P. Reagan.- PEPTIDE/POLYPEPTIDE TRANSPORT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM – W. Pan and A. J. Kastin.- SYNAPTIC VESICLE RECYCLING – E. M. Lafer.- LYSOSOMAL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM – P. Morin, C. Sagné, and B. Gasnier.- EFFLUX TRANSPORTERS IN THE BRAIN – H. Potschka and W. Löscher.- BLOOD-RETINA BARRIERS – B. Schlosshauer