Blood-Brain Barrier

1. Overview of the Structure and Function of the Blood-Brain Barrier in vivo.- 2. Expression and Modulation of Blood-Brain Monocarboxylate Transporters.- 3. Neuroprotective and Detoxifying Mechanisms at the Blood-Brain Interfaces.- 4. Measurement and Prediction of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability: In vivo, in silico and in vitro approaches.- 5. Recent Advances in the Development of Cell Culture Models for the Blood-Brain and Blood-CSF-Barrier.- 6. Gene Expression Changes and Progression to a BBB Phenotype in a Dynamic Model of the BBB.- 7. Novel Endothelial-Mediated Responses Associated with Micro-Circulation and BBB function.- 8. Modulators of Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Permeability: In Vitro and In Vivo Drug Transport to the Brain.- 9. Controlled Modulation of the Blood-Brain and Blood-Tumor Barrier Using Novel Lipid Mimetic Compounds.- 10. Carbon Dioxide Gas as an Angiographic Contrast Agent in the Cerebral Circulation.- 11. Diffusion MRI and Q-Space Diffusion MRI: From Cerebral Ischemia to Multiple Sclerosis and Beyond.- 12. Brain Iron Uptake and Transport in Animal Model of Iron Deficiency, Tardive Dyskinesia and Neurodegenerative Diseases.- 13. Stress, Pyridostigmine and the Blood-Brain Barrier.- 14. Transcytosis and Signalling of Pneumococci at the Blood-Brain Barrier.- 15. Entry of Viruses into the Central Nervous System.- 16. An Animal Model for the Study of BBB Modulators.- 17. Physiological Pathways Responsible for the Breakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier During Viral Encephalitis.- 18. Gene Transfer to the Salivary Glands: Application in Gene Therapy.- 19. The Effect of Hyperosmotic Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption on Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis.- 20. Direct In Vivo Evidence for ?4-Integrin Mediated Interaction of Encephalitogenic T Cells withEndothelial VCAM-1 in the Spinal Cord White Matter Using Intravital Fluorescence Videomicroscopy.- 21. The Blood-Brain Barrier in Immune Mediated Diseases of the Central Nervous System.- 22. Strategies