Brain Ischemia

Louis R. Caplan obtained his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. From 1970-78 he was Assistant Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and in 1979 became Neurologist-in chief at the Michael Reese Hospital and Professor of Neurology University of Chicago. From 1985-1997, he was Neurologist-in-Chief at the new England Medical Center and was Professor and Chair of Neurology at Tufts University School of Medicine. In 1999, he became Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Professor Caplan is a member of many medical societies, including the American Heart Association for which he has served on the science advisory, and nominating committees and was Chairman of the Stroke Council from 1986-89. He has received many awards and honours, and is an honorary member of several neurological societies. As a member of the steering committee, data and safety committee, or executive committee, Professor Caplan has been involved in many neurological clinical trials, and is a member of several advisory boards. Professor Caplan has been or is currently on the editorial board of journals such as Stroke, Neurology, Clinical Neuropharmacology, Cerebrovascular Diseases (Associate Editor), Headache, Brain, European Neurology (Associate Editor), Archives of Neurology, The Neurologist, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (International Editor for North America), Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, Reviews in Neurological Disease (Co-Editor), and the Journal of Clinical Neurology.

Summary of contents:
Mechanism of Cell Death in Ischemia - Excitotoxicity and Stroke - Ischaemic Cerebral Oedemia - Ocular Ischemia - Coagulation - Immunohematologic Mechanism in Stroke - Fribrinolysis and Its Relevanz to Acute Focal Cerebral Ischemia - Atherosclerosis - Endothelial Cells and Cerebrovascular Disease - Vasoconstriction, Migraine, Subarachnoid Hemmorhage and Vasopasm - Microvascular Pathology - Autoregulation, Hypertension, and Regulation of the Cerebral Circulation - Rheology of Flow and Its Effects - Central Neurogenic Regulation of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow (-CBF) and Relationship to Neuroprotection - Cardiac Disease and Embolic Sources - Heart and Brain Relationships - Epidemiology and Trials - Stroke Databanks and Stroke Registries