CNS regeneration : basic science and clinical advances /

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Other Authors: Tuszynski, Mark H., Kordower, Jeffrey H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Academic Press, ©1999.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. CNS Responses to Injury. 1. Neuronal Responses to Axotomy / Michael V. Sofroniew. 2. Axonal Responses to Injury / Raymond J. Grill and Mark H. Tuszynski. 3. Beyond the Glial Scar / Michael T. Fitch and Jerry Silver. 4. Excitotoxins and Free Radicals / Bingren Hu and Justin A. Zivin
  • Pt. II. Promoting CNS Recovery. 5. Neurotrophic Factors / Mark H. Tuszynski. 6. Fetal Neuronal Grafting for CNS Regeneration / Jeffrey H. Kordower and Mark H. Tuszynski. 7. The Use of Neural Progenitor Cells for Therapy in the CNS Disorders / Jasodhara Ray, Theo D. Palmer and Lamya S. Shihabuddin [et al.]. 8. Neural Stem Cell Lines for CNS Repair / Alberto Martinez-Serrano and Evan Y. Snyder. 9. Genetic Engineering for CNS Regeneration / Xandra Breakefield, Andreas Jacobs and Sam Wang
  • Pt. III. Promoting Recovery in Neurological Disease. 10. Introduction to Parkinson's and Huntington's Disease / Jeffrey H. Kordower.
  • 11. Grafts of Embryonic Dopamine Neurons in Rodent Models of Parkinson's Disease / Patrik Brundin, Mia Emgard and Ulrika Mundt-Petersen. 12. Fetal Grafts in Parkinson's Disease / John R. Sladek, Jr., Timothy J. Collier and John D. Elsworth [et al.]. 13. Immunobiology and Neuroscience of Xenotransplantation in Neurological Disease / Ole Isacson, Terrence Deacon and James Schumacher. 14. Restorative Surgical Therapies for Parkinson's Disease / Roy A. E. Bakay, Jeffrey H. Kordower and Philip A. Starr. 15. Functional Effects of GDNF in Normal and Parkinsonian Rats and Monkeys / Meleik A. Hebert, Barry J. Hoffer and Zhiming Zhang [et al.]. 16. Genetic Engineering for Parkinson's Disease / Jamie L. Eberling, Eugene O. Major and Dea Nagy [et al.]. 17. Fetal Neural Grafts for the Treatment of Huntington's Disease / Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Levi, Pierre Brugieres and Jean-Paul Nguyen [et al.].
  • 18. Cellular Delivery of Neurotrophic Factors as a Potential Treatment for Huntington's Disease / Dwaine F. Emerich, Jeffrey H. Kordower and Ole Isacson. 19. Regenerative Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease / Mark H. Tuszynski and Jeffrey H. Kordower. 20. Neurotrophic Factors, Gene Therapy, and Alzheimer's Disease / Mark H. Tuszynski, Fred H. Gage and Elliot J. Mufson [et al.]. 21. Trophic Factors and Cell Adhesion Molecules Can Drive Dysfunctional Plasticity and Senile Plaque Formation in Alzheimer's Disease through a Breakdown in Spatial and Temporal Regulation / Carl W. Cotman and Brian J. Cummings. 22. Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Grafts in Rodent and Nonhuman Primate Models of Alzheimer's Disease / Jeffrey H. Kordower and Timothy J. Collier. 23. Neurotrophic Factors, Encapsulated Cells, and ALS / Diego Braguglia and Patrick Aebischer. 24. Spinal Cord Regeneration / Mark H. Tuszynski, Raymond J. Grill and Armin Blesch.
  • 25. Neurotrophins and Neuroprotection Improve Axonal Regeneration into Schwann Cell Transplants Placed in Transected Adult Rat Spinal Cord / Mary Bartlett Bunge and Naomi Kleitman. 26. Designing Clinical Trials for Neural Repair / Michael Grundman and Mark H. Tuszynski.