Sodium Calcium Exchange: A Growing Spectrum of Pathophysiological Implications

Neurodegenerative Diseases.- 18. Genetically-Modified Mice as a Strategy to Unravel the Role Played by the Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger in Brain Ischemia and in Spatial Learning and Memory Deficits.- 19. NCX as a Key Player in the Neuroprotection Exerted by Ischemic Preconditioning and Postconditioning.- 20. The Role of the Mitochondrial NCX in the Mechanism of Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Disease.- 21. The Contribution of the Sodium-Calcium Exchanger (NCX) and Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA) to Cerebellar Synapse Function.- Part VIII. Emerging Role of NCX Activity in Immune and Glial Cells.- 22. Sodium-Calcium Exchanger Modulates the L-Glutamate Ca2+-signalling in Type-1 Cerebellar Astrocytes.- 23. Immunosupressive Drugs, Immunophilins and Functional Expression of NCX Isoforms.- 24. Calcium Influx Through Reversed ncx Controls Migration Of Microglia.- 25. Sodium Fluxes and Astroglial Function.- 26. New Roles of NCX in Glial Cells: Activation Of Microglia in Ischemia and Differentiation of Oligodendrocytes.- 27. Human Macrophages and Monocytes Express Functional Na+/Ca2+ Exchangers 1 and 3.- Part IX. NCX in the Hearth and Vascular Smooth Muscle.- 28. New Insights into the Contribution of Arterial NCX to the Regulation of Myogenic Tone and Blood Pressure.- 29. Toward an Understanding of the Complete NCX1 Lifetime in the Cardiac Sarcolemma.- Part X. NCX Role in Hypertension, Heart Failure, Ischemia-Reperfusion, Arrhythmias, and Diabetes.- 30. Cardiac Sodium-Calcium Exchange and Efficient Excitation-Contraction Coupling: Implications for Heart Disease.- 31. Cross-talk Between Plasma Membrane Na+/Ca2+Exchanger-1 and TRPC/ORAI Containing Channels: Key Players in Arterial Hypertension.- 32. T-tubule Remodeling and Ryanodine Receptor Organization Modulate Sodium-Calcium Exchange.- 33. Na+/ Ca2+ Exchange and the Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPase in beta-Cell Function and Diabetes.- Part XI. NCX Partners in Ionic Homeostasis: ASIC, NMDA, NHE, and TRPC.- 34. The Na+/H+ Exchanger NHE5 is Sorted to Discrete Intracellular Vesicles in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems.- 35. The Role of Na+/H+ Exchanger Isoform 1 in Inflammatory Responses: Maintaining H+ Homeostasis of Immune Cells.- 36. Acid-sensing Ion Channels in Pathological Conditions.- 37. Non-Selective Cation Channels and Links to Hippocampal Ischemia, Aging and Dementia.