Cerebral Angiogenesis Methods and Protocols
Providing a selection of the key techniques that are used in characterizing cerebral angiogenesis, Cerebral Angiogenesis: Methods and Protocols aims to define the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this important process. Divided into six
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Cerebral Angiogenesis Methods and Protocols
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Series Editor John M. Walker School of Life Sciences University of Hertfordshire Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
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Cerebral Angiogenesis Methods and Protocols
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Richard Milner Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
Editor Richard Milner Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, USA
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Preface While blood vessels in the adult central nervous system are extremely stable under normal conditions, it is now accepted that these vessels can be rapidly remodeled in a variety of physiological and pathological situations, including cerebral hypoxia, cerebral ischemia, and tumor development. All of these conditions trigger cerebral
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