The Subcommissural Organ: An Ependymal Brain Gland [Paperback]

I. Historical Reflections.- Ernst Reissner (18241878): Anatomist of the Membrane and Fiber (With 1 Figure).- Helmut Hofer (19121989) and the Concept of the Circumventricular Organs (With 1 Figure).- Historical Landmarks in the Investigation of the Subcommissural Organ and Reissners Fiber (With 1 Figure).- II. Phylogeny and Ontogeny.- Phylogenetic and Conceptual Aspects of the Subcommissural Organ (With 3 Figures).- Reissners Fiber Mechanisms: Some Common Denominators (With 3 Figures).- Ontogenetic Development of the Subcommissural Organ with Reference to the Flexural Organ (With 2 Figures).- Developmental Aspects of the Subcommissural Organ: An Approach Using Lectins and Monoclonal Antibodies (With 5 Figures).- The Subcommissural Organ and Ontogenetic Development of the Brain (With 5 Figures).- III. Biochemistry.- Protein Glycosylation in Mammalian Cells (With 3 Figures).- Partial Characterization of the Secretory Products of the Subcommissural Organ (With 3 Figures and 1 Table).- Biochemical and Immunochemical Analysis of Specific Compounds in the Subcommissural Organ of the Bovine and Chick (With 4 Figures and 3 Tables).- Immunochemical Analysis of the Dogfish Subcommissural Organ (With 2 Figures and 1 Table).- IV. Secretory Process, Including Model Systems.- Dynamic Aspects of the Secretory Process in the Amphibian Subcommissural Organ.- Evidence for the Release of CSF-Soluble Secretory Material from the Subcommissural Organ, with Particular Reference to the Situation in the Human (With 3 Figures).- The Subcommissural Organ In Vitro (With 2 Figures).- V. Relation to Other Circumventricular Organs: Conceptual Aspects.- Circumventricular Organs and Modulation in the Midsagittal Plane of the Brain (With 1 Figure and 1 Table).- Blood- and Cerebrospinal Fluid-Dominated Compartments of the Rat Brain (With 1 Figure).- VI. Neural Inputs.- The Subcommissural Organ of the Rat: An In Vivo Model of Neuron-Glia Interactions (With 2 Figures and 1 Table).- Neural Inputslƒ$