The Brain Barriers Handbook: Principles and Methods

by Wei Zheng

reviews the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the barrier that separates the circulation system from the brains interstitial fluid, as well as the blood-CSF barrier (BCB), which is the one that separates the blood and cerebrospinal fluid; addresses the evidence that suggests that the brain barriers may play an important role in neuroscience research; provides a general review of gross anatomy, microstructure, and physiology of BBB and BCB; emphasizes the in vivo, as well as the in vitro, techniques; overs mathematical approaches and theoretical concerns.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588292045
• ISBN13: 9781588292049
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Humana Press
• Length: 500 Pages