1. Introduction to the Special Issue: In Memoriam Ferenc Joó (1938–1996)

   • Ma’ria A. Deli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 3

2. Dynamics of CNS Barriers: Evolution, Differentiation, and Modulation

   • N Joan Abbott

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 23

3. In Search of the Astrocytic Factor(s) Modulating Blood–Brain Barrier Functions in Brain Capillary Endothelial Cells In Vitro

   • R. F. Haseloff
   • I. E. Blasig
   • H. Bauer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 39

4. Rat Brain Endothelial Cell Lines for the Study of Blood–Brain Barrier Permeability and Transport Functions

   • Françoise Roux
   • Pierre-Olivier Couraud

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 57

5. Permeability Studies on In Vitro Blood–Brain Barrier Models: Physiology, Pathology, and Pharmacology

   • Mária A. Deli
   • Csongor S. Ábrahám
   • Masami Niwa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 127

6. Effect of Oxidative Stress on the Junctional Proteins of Cultured Cerebral Endothelial Cells

   • István A. Krizbai
   • Hannelore Bauer
   • Hans-Christian Bauer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 139

7. Impaired Regulation of pH Homeostasis by Oxidative Stress in Rat Brain Capillary Endothelial Cells

   • Ildikó Sipos
   • Beáta Tör’ócsik
   • Vera Adam-Vizi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 151

8. Pharmacological Targeting of ICAM-1 Signaling in Brain Endothelial Cells: Potential for Treating Neuroinflammation

   • Patric Turowski
   • Peter Adamson
   • John Greenwood

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 170

9. In Vitro Methods in the Study of Viral and Prion Permeability Across the Blood–Brain Barrier

   • Ryota Nakaoke
   • William A Banks

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 181

10. Mechanisms of the Blood–Brain Barrier Disruption in HIV-1 Infection

    • Michal Toborek
    • Yong Woo Lee
    • Avindra Nath

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 199

11. Human Cerebral Microvessel Endothelial Cell Culture as a Model System to Study the Blood–Brain Interface in Ischemic/Hypoxic Conditions

    • Zoltán Nagy
    • Mónika Vastag
    • Judit Skopál

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 210