UID:
almahu_9948026100002882
Format:
1 online resource (713 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-05446-1
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9786611054465
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0-08-052921-6
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1-4356-0517-9
Content:
CNS Regeneration focuses on some of the leading current neurological disease models and methods for promoting central nervous system regeneration. Editors and authors are experts in the field, with experience in basic as well as applied neuroscience. In a comprehensive, logical manner, the book unites important basic science advances in neuroscience with novel medical strategies.Key Features* The first comprehensive, authoritative volume on the topic of CNS regeneration* Reviews current therapeutic approaches* Editors and authors are experts in the field* Appeals
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; CNS Regeneration: Basic Science and Clinical Advances; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I: CNS Responses to Injury; Chapter 1. Neuronal Responses to Axotomy; Chapter 2. Axonal Responses to Injury; Chapter 3. Beyond the Glial Scar; Chapter 4. Excitotoxins and Free Radicals; PART II: Promoting CNS Recovery; Chapter 5. Neurotrophic Factors; Chapter 6. Fetal Neuronal Grafting for CNS Regeneration; Chapter 7. The Use of Neural Progenitor Cells for Therapy in the CNS Disorders; Chapter 8. Neural Stem Cell Lines for CNS Repair
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Chapter 9. Genetic Engineering for CNS RegenerationPART III: Promoting Recovery in Neurological Disease; Chapter 10. Introduction to Parkinson's and Huntington's Disease; Chapter 11. Grafts of Embryonic Dopamine Neurons in Rodent Models of Parkinson's Disease; Chapter 12. Fetal Grafts in Parkinson's Disease; Chapter 13. Immunobiology and Neuroscience of Xenotransplantation in Neurological Disease; Chapter 14. Restorative Surgical Therapies for Parkinson's Disease; Chapter 15. Functional Effects of GDNF in Normal and Parkinsonian Rats and Monkeys
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Chapter 16. Genetic Engineering for Parkinson's DiseaseChapter 17. Fetal Neural Grafts for the Treatment of Huntington's Disease; Chapter 18. Cellular Delivery of Neurotrophic Factors as a Potential Treatment for Huntington's Disease; Chapter 19. Regenerative Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease; Chapter 20. Neurotrophic Factors, Gene Therapy, and Alzheimer's Disease; Chapter 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
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Chapter 22. Cholinergic Basal Forebrain Grafts in Rodent and Nonhuman Primate Models of Alzheimer's DiseaseChapter 23. Neurotrophic Factors, Encapsulated Cells, and ALS; Chapter 24. Spinal Cord Regeneration; Chapter 25. Neurotrophins and Neuroprotection Improve Axonal Regeneration into Schwann Cell Transplants Placed in Transected Adult Rat Spinal Cord; Chapter 26. Designing Clinical Trials for Neural Repair; Index; Color Plate Section
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-705070-1
Language:
English
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