Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Major contributors; 1 Zinc toxicity in the ischemic brain; 2 Central nervous system ischemia: diversity among the caspases; 3 Peroxynitrite and injury to the vasculature and central nervous system in stroke and neurodegeneration; 4 Interaction between inducible nitric oxide and cyclooxygenase-2 in ischemic brain injury; 5 Mechanisms of ischemic tolerance; 6 Clinically tolerated NMDA receptor antagonists and newly cloned NMDA receptor subunits that mimic them
Summary
Arising from 22nd Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, this text covers the current status and future directions of stroke pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment. Available in both print and online formats, this survey of the basic and clinical science of stroke is essential reading for all involved in cerebrovascular disease
Notes
The 22nd Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease held in Redwood City, California, March 20-12, 2000
