Non-Neuronal Mechanisms of Brain Damage and Repair After Stroke

Part I. Microvascular Integrity in Stroke

1. Structural Alterations to the Endothelial Tight Junction Complex During Stroke
Anuska V. Andjelkovic, Richard F. Keep

2. Role of Pericytes in Neurovascular Unit and Stroke
Turgay Dalkara, Luis Alarcon-Martinez, Muge Yemisci

3. Glial Support of Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity: Molecular Targets for Novel Therapeutic Strategies in Stroke
Patrick T. Ronaldson, Thomas P. Davis

4. Barrier Mechanisms in Neonatal Stroke
Zinaida S. Vexler

5. Angiogenesis: A Realistic Therapy for Ischemic Stroke
Ke-Jie Yin, Xinxin Yang

Part II. Glial Cells in Stroke

6. Astrocytes as a Target for Ischemic Stroke
Shinghua Ding

7. Microglia: A Double-Sided Sword in Stroke
Hong Shi, Mingyue Xu, Yejie Shi, Yanqin Gao, Jun Chen, Xiaoming Hu

8. Crosstalk Between Cerebral Endothelium and Oligodendrocyte After Stroke
Akihiro Shindo, Takakuni Maki, Kanako Itoh, Nobukazu Miyamoto, Naohiro Egawa, Anna C. Liang, Takayuki Noro, Josephine Lok, Eng H. Lo, Ken Arai

Part III. Peripheral Immune Cells in Stroke

9. The Peripheral Immune Response to Stroke
Josef Anrather

10. The Role of Spleen-Derived Immune Cells in Ischemic Brain Injury
Heng Zhao

11. Regulatory T Cells in Ischemic Brain Injury
Arthur Liesz

12. B-Cells in Stroke and Preconditioning-Induced Protection Against Stroke
Uma Maheswari Selvaraj, Katie Poinsatte, Ann M. Stowe

13. Mast Cell as an Early Responder in Ischemic Brain Injury
Perttu J. Lindsberg, Olli S. Mattila, Daniel Strbian

14. Roles of Neutrophils in Stroke
Glen C. Jickling, Frank R. Sharp

15. The Function of Cytokines in Ischemic Stroke
Christopher C. Leonardo, Keith R. Pennypacker

Part IV. White Matter Injury and Repair in Stroke

16. Ischemic Injury to White Matter: An Age-Dependent Process
Sylvain Brunet, Chinthasagar Bastian, Selva Baltan

Part V. Emerging Therapies to Target Non-neuronal Mechanisms After Stroke

17. Neurovascular Repair After Stroke
Sherrefa R. Burchell, Wing-Mann Ho, Jiping Tang, John H. Zhang

18. The Role of Nonneuronal Nrf2 Pathway in Ischemic Stroke: Damage Control and Potential Tissue Repair
Tuo Yang, Yang Sun, Feng Zhang

19. Stem Cell Therapy for Ischemic Stroke
Hung Nguyen, Naoki Tajiri, Cesar V. Borlongan

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