| Preface | 6 |
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| Acknowledgement | 8 |
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| Contents | 10 |
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| Part I: Advances in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Cerebral Vasospasm | 14 |
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| Section I: Honored Guest | 14 |
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| A Clinical Review of Cerebral Vasospasm and Delayed Ischaemia Following Aneurysm Rupture | 16 |
| New Regulatory, Signaling Pathways, and Sources of Nitric Oxide | 18 |
| Section II: Advances in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research | 24 |
| Advances in Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 25 |
| Advances in Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm: an Update | 32 |
| Roles of Signal Transduction Mechanisms in Cerebral Vasospasm Following Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Overview | 36 |
| Part II: Mechanistic Studies | 40 |
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| Section III: Early Brain Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 41 |
| Hypoperfusion in the Acute Phase of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 42 |
| Association of APOE Polymorphism with the Change of Brain Function in the Early Stage of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 46 |
| Apoptotic Mechanisms for Neuronal Cells in Early Brain Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 50 |
| Early Micro Vascular Changes After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 56 |
| Immunological Response in Early Brain Injury After SAH | 63 |
| Mechanisms of Early Brain Injury After SAH: Matrixmetalloproteinase 9 | 68 |
| Tyrosine Phosphatase Inhibition Attenuates Early Brain Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rats | 71 |
| Protection of Minocycline on Early Brain Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rats | 75 |
| Role of Osteopontin in Early Brain Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Rats | 79 |
| Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 Inhibition Reduces Early Brain Injury in Cortex After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 84 |
| Section IV: Nitric Oxide | 84 |
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| Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors and Cerebral Vasospasm | 89 |
| The Role of Nitric Oxide Donors in Treating Cerebral Vasospasm After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 94 |
| Nitric Oxide in Early Brain Injury After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 99 |
| Nitric Oxide Related Pathophysiological Changes Following Subarachnoid Haemorrhage | 104 |
| Endothelin-1(1–31) Induces Spreading Depolarization in Rats | 109 |
| The Gamut of Blood Flow Responses Coupled to Spreading Depolarization in Rat and Human Brain: from Hyperemia to Prolonged Ischemia | 116 |
| Cerebral Microdialysis in Acutely Brain-Injured Patients with Spreading Depolarizations | 122 |
| Section V: Pathophysiology of Cerebral Vasospasm | 128 |
| Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in Cerebral Vasospasm After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Review | 129 |
| Association of Apolipoprotein E Polymorphisms with Cerebral Vasospasm After Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 136 |
| Impact of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage on Local and Global Calcium Signaling in Cerebral Artery Myocytes | 140 |
| Enhanced Angiogenesis and Astrocyte Activation by Ecdysterone Treatment in a Focal Cerebral Ischemia Rat Model | 146 |
| Bilirubin Oxidation Products Seen Post Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Have Greater Effects on Aged Rat Brain Compared to Young | 151 |
| Preliminary Results of an ICP-Controlled Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Rabbit Model for the Study of Delayed Cerebral Vasospasm | 157 |
| PKGIa Inhibits the Proliferation of Cerebral Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Induced by Oxyhemoglobin After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 160 |
| Characteristics of In Vivo Animal Models of Delayed Cerebral Vasospasm | 165 |
| Endothelin Related Pathophysiology in Cerebral Vasospasm: What Happens to the Cerebral Vessels? | 168 |
| Expression and Role of COMT in a Rat Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Model | 172 |
| Section VI: Clinical Manifestations of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 179 |
| Monitoring of the Inflammatory Response After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the Clinical Setting: Review of Literature and Report of Preliminary Clinical Experience | 180 |
| Perimesencephalic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Risk Factors, Clinical Presentations, and Outcome | 186 |
| The Relationship Between IL-6 in CSF and Occurrence of Vasospasm After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 191 |
| Non-Aneurysm Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Young Adults | 197 |
| Cardiac Damage After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 202 |
| Analysis on Death-Associated Factors of Patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage During Hospitalization | 206 |
| Clinical Study of Changes of Cerebral Microcirculation in Cerebral Vasospasm After SAH | 211 |
| Effect of Weekend Admission on in-Hospital Mortality After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Chongqing China | 215 |
| The Correlation Between COMT Gene Polymorphism and Early Cerebral Vasospasm After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 219 |
| Fever Increased In-Hospital Mortality After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 225 |
| Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Old Patients in Chongqing China | 230 |
| Author Index | 234 |
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| Subject Index | 236 |
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| Table of Contents for Vol. 1 | 242 |
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| Table of Contents for Vol. 2 | 246 |