chapter 1 Gender Differences in Acute Cerebral Ischemia: Neuroprotective Mechanisms of Estrogen -- chapter 2 Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Insults and Their Mechanisms -- chapter 3 Neural Stem Cell Biology Provides Insights into New Therapeutic Strategies for Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury -- chapter 4 Excitotoxicity, Oxidative Stress, and Apoptosis in Ischemic Neuronal Death -- chapter 5 Intracellular Ca2+ Signals Underlying Rapid and Delayed Excitotoxicity in Mature CNS -- chapter 6 Mechanism of Zinc-Induced Neuronal Death -- chapter 7 Cerebral Ischemia and Adenosine: “Spheres of Action”* -- chapter 8 Calpain and Caspase in Ischemic and Traumatic Brain Injury -- chapter 9 Brain Inflammation, Cytokines, and p38 MAPKinase Signaling in Stroke -- chapter 10 The Potential Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Treatment of Stroke -- chapter 11 Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Ischemic Tolerance.