Introduction: Brain edema formation - significance for patient outcome Section 1. General Introduction
1. Physiology of cerebral blood vessels
2. Blood-brain interfaces organization in relation to inorganic anion transport, CSF secretion and circulation Section 2. Techniques to investigate cerebral blood
3. Imaging techniques for brain edema: from basic science to the clinic
4. Experimental techniques to investigate the formation of brain edema in vivo
5. In Vitro Models of the Blood-Brain Barrier to Better Understand the Pathophysiology of Brain Edema Section 3. Molecular basis and concepts in brain edema formation for new treatment development6. The extracellular and perivascular spaces of the brain
7. Blood brain barrier mechanisms of edema formation: The role of ion transporters and channels
8. Mechanisms of cell volume regulation in the central nervous system
9. Role of aquaporins for the formation and resolution of brain edema
10. Sur1-Trpm4 - promising target for brain edema treatment
11. Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases in Brain Edema Section 4. Brain edema process in pre-clinical models
12. Edema and BBB Breakdown in Stroke
13. Brain edema formation in traumatic brain injury
14. Spinal cord edema after spinal cord injury: From pathogenesis to management
15. Brain Edema in Acute Liver Failure
16. Blood-Brain Barrier and Edema in Brain Tumors
17. Water homeostasis dysfunction in epilepsy
18. Water homeostasis dysfunctions and edema in neuroinflammatory disease
19. Experimental therapies for brain edema and intracranial hypertension Section 5. Clinical features and management of brain edema
20. Clinical monitoring of brain edema
21. Brain edema in developing brain diseases
22. Cerebral edema in cerebrovascular diseases
23. Traumatic brain injury and edema treatment
24. Treatment of edema formation in oncology
25. Perspectives on future translational research on brain edema