Steroids and Brain Edema

I. Experimental Aspects of Brain Edema and Therapeutic Approach.- Pathophysiological Aspects of Brain Edema.- Functional Aspects of Abnormal Protein Passage Across the Blood-Brain Barrier.- The Effects of Hypertonic Urea on the Blood-Brain Barrier and on the Glucose Transport in the Brain.- Molecular Aspects of Membrane Structure in Cerebral Edema.- Some Aspects of the Pharmacology of Adrenal Steroids and the Central Nervous System.- II. Effects of Steroids on Experimental Brain Edema.- Effects of Steroids on Cold Injury Edema.- The Effects of Glucosteroids upon Experimental Brain Edema.- The Influence of Dexamethasone on Water Content, Electrolytes, Blood-Brain Barrier and Glucose Metabolism in Cold Injury Edema.- Multiple Therapeutic Approaches in the Treatment of Brain Edema Induced by a Standard Cold Lesion.- Steroid-Induced Inhibition of Growth in Glial Tumors: a Kinetic Analysis.- Effects of Steroids on Edema Associated with Injury of the Spinal Cord.- Effect of Dexamethasone on Triethyl Tin Induced Brain Edema and the Early Edema in Cerebral Ischemia.- Effects of Ischemia on Water and Electrolyte Content of Cerebral Tissues.- Effect of Dexamethasone on the Early Edema Following Occlusion of the Middle Cerebral Artery in Cats.- III. Mechanisms of Action of Steroids on Brain Edema.- Physiology and Pathophysiology of Protein Permeability in the Central Nervous System.- Studies on the Mechanisms of Action of Steroids in Traumatized Brain.- Evidence Regarding the Action of Steroids in Injured Spinal Cord.- The Role of Necrosis and Inflammation in the Response of Cerebral Edema to Steroids.- Effect of Antioxidants on Experimental Cold-Induced Cerebral Edema.- Steroids and the Blood-Brain Barrier with Special Reference to Astrocytic Cells.- Adrenal Cortical Response toNeurosurgical Problems, Noting the Effects of Exogenous Steroids.- Physiological and Biochemical Findings in the Central Nervous System of Adrenalectomized Rats and Mice.- The Effect of Aldosterone and an Aldosterone-Antagonist on the Metabolism of Perifocal Brain Edema in Man.- IV. Effects of Steroids on Brain Edema in Man.- The Effects of Steroids on Brain Edema in Man.- The Clinical Effects of a Synthetic Gluco-Corticoid used for Brain Edema in the Practice of Neurosurgery.- Clinical Experiences with Steroids in Neurosurgical Patients.- The Effect of Dexamethasone on Water and Electrolyte Content and on rCBF in Perifocal Brain Edema in Man.- Clinical Studies on the Effect of Corticosteroids on the Ventricular Fluid Pressure.- Double Blind Study of the Effects of Dexamethasone on Acute Stroke.- Discussion to Chapter I.- Discussion to Chapter II.- Discussion to Chapter III.- Discussion to Chapter IV.- Round Table Discussion.