Ch. 1. Mechanisms of cerebral ischemic damage--;Ch. 2. Spreading depression waves as mediators of secondary injury and protective mechanisms--;Ch. 3. Cell swelling in cerebral ischemia--;Ch. 4. Calcium overload--;Ch. 5. Oxygen redicals--;Ch. 6. Mechanisms of neuroprotective cytokines: pleiotrophic effects of TNF[alpha] and TGF[beta] on brain injury--;Ch. 7. Reprogramming of gene expression after ischemia--;Ch. 8. Neurons: necrotic vs apoptotic changes--;Ch. 9. Reactive astrogliosis in the injured and postischemic brain--;Ch. 10. Activated and phagocytic microglia.
Thus, the function of the brain as a coordinator of vital homeostatic reflexes, and complex body reactions to external challenges, depends critically on the rate of oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption.