Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System

The molecular basis for the physiology of the brain has advanced enormously in the past twenty years with an influx of new information gleaned through technological developments in neuroimaging and molecular discoveries. <em>Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System</em> authored by Gary A. Rosenberg an authority on the physiology of brain fluids and metabolism combines the classic physiology that dates back to the beginning of the nineteenth century with the advances in molecular sciences providing a strong framework for understanding the diseases that are commonly treated by neurologists. <p/><em>Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System</em> focuses on the current neuropathology and implications of cerebrospinal fluid diseases and diseases of the blood-brain barrier: how the two affect stroke infection brain tumors and increased intracranial pressure. The book discusses the effects of blood flow in stroke and dementia the disruption of the blood-brain barrier in neuroinflammation and the dysfunction due to brain edema and increased intracranial pressure. <p/><em>Molecular Physiology and Metabolism of the Nervous System</em> is necessary reading for neurologists neuroscientists and residents in neurology neurosurgery and psychiatry giving them a strong grounding in physiology and metabolism that will aid them in diagnosis and treatment.<br>