Pathogenesis of Encephalitis

Many infectious agents, such as viruses, bacteria, and parasites, can cause inflammation of the central nervous system (CNS). Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain parenchyma, which may result in a more advanced and serious disease meningoencephalitis. To establish accurate diagnosis and develop effective vaccines and drugs to overcome this disease, it is important to understand and elucidate the mechanism of its pathogenesis. This book, which is divided into four sections, provides comprehensive commentaries on encephalitis. The first section (6 chapters) covers diagnosis and clinical symptoms of encephalitis with some neurological disorders. The second section (5 chapters) reviews some virus infections with the outlines of inflammatory and chemokine responses. The third section (7 chapters) deals with the non-viral causative agents of encephalitis. The last section (4 chapters) discusses the experimental model of encephalitis. The different chapters of this book provide valuable and important information not only to the researchers, but also to the physician and health care workers.

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Table of Contents

1. Biomarkers of Encephalitis
   Dafna Bonneh-Barkay
   104 views, 41 downloads
   
2. Neuropathologic Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Viral Diseases
   Kymberly A. Gyure
   119 views, 54 downloads
   
3. The Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Childhood Encephalitis: A Review of Cases from Middle-Eastern Countries
   Ali Evren Tufan, Tugba Guven, Banu Aslantas-Ertekin and Irem Yalug Ulubil
   92 views, 35 downloads
   
4. Encephalitis in Elderly Population
   Şerefnur Öztürk and Fahrettin Ege
   129 views, 66 downloads
   
5. Language and Cognitive Impairments Associated with Encephalitis
   Raphiq Ibrahim
   95 views, 61 downloads
   
6. The Value of Standardized Case Definitions in Encephalitis Clinical Research
   Barbara Rath
   113 views, 42 downloads
   
7. The Inflammatory Response to Viral Infection of the Central Nervous System
   Nicholas Johnson and Adam F. Cunningham
   112 views, 32 downloads
   
8. Chemokines and Viral Infections of the CNS
   Douglas M. Durrant and Robyn S. Klein
   81 views, 45 downloads
   
9. Subacute Sclerosing Pan-Encephalitis (SSPE) – Past and Present
   Natan Gadoth
   102 views, 73 downloads
   
10. Herpes Simplex Myelitis: Differences in Clinical Manifestations Between Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 and Type 2
    Hideto Nakajima and Hiroshi Shoji
    89 views, 47 downloads
    
11. Astrocyte CD38: Links to Neuroinflammation in HAND
    Sugato Banerjee and Anuja Ghorpade
    86 views, 35 downloads
    
12. Encephalitic Angiostrongyliasis
    Kittisak Sawanyawisuth
    103 views, 32 downloads
    
13. Clinical and Therapeutic Aspects of Cryptococcal Meningitis in West Africa
    A.A. Oumar, A.S. Hammond, B. Diarra, A.I. Maiga, G.K. Taboue, S. Dao and A. Tounkara
    89 views, 45 downloads
    
14. Clostridium Septicum Encephalitis: A Case Report
    Bernadette Calabek, Georg Hinterholzer, Gabriele Neuwirth-Senautka, Harald Kirschner, Barbara Horvath-Mechtler and Wolfgang Grisold
    121 views, 39 downloads
    
15. Superantigen-Mediated Encephalitis
    A. Emmer, K. Gerlach, M. S. Staege and M. E. Kornhuber
    92 views, 33 downloads
    
16. Rasmussen’s Encephalitis: An Overview
    Mayowa Owolabi
    87 views, 54 downloads
    
17. Clinical Aspects of Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
    Haruo Shimazaki
    136 views, 110 downloads
    
18. Non-Herpetic Acute Limbic Encephalitis: A New Subgroup of Limbic Encephalitis?
    Hiroshi Shoji, Noriyuki Kimura, Toshihide Kumamoto, Takashi Ichiyama and Yukitoshi Takahashi
    79 views, 78 downloads
    
19. Experimental Model Systems to Define Mechanisms of Immune-Mediated Blood Brain Barrier Disruption in Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis (AHLE)
    Holly L. Johnson, Istvan Pirko and Aaron J. Johnson
    81 views, 38 downloads
    
20. Development of Human and Macaque Antibodies Using Antibody Phage Display for the Detection of Equine Encephalitis Viruses
    Philippe Thullier, Birgit Hülseweh, Thibaut Pelat, Torsten Rülker, Sebastian Miethe, Stefan Dübel and Michael Hust
    87 views, 52 downloads
    
21. Modelling of Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in a Non-Human Primate
    S. Anwar Jagessar, Nicole Heijmans, Nikki van Driel, Bert A. ‘t Hart and Yolanda S. Kap
    100 views, 34 downloads
    
22. Alternative Medicines for Encephalitis
    Kenji Sorimachi and Takaaki Nakamoto
    86 views, 70 downloads