Inflammation in the CNS: Advancing the Field Using Intravital Imaging

• Main Author: Saparna Pai (auth)
• Other Authors: Wolfgang Weninger (auth), Michael J. Hickey (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Intravital Imaging; Brain; Inflammation; CNS disorders; Leukocytes
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Inflammation of the CNS can have devastating, long-lived, and in some cases fatal consequences for patients. The stimuli that can induce CNS inflammation are diverse, and include infectious agents, autoimmune responses against CNS-expressed antigens, and sterile inflammation following ischemia or tr...