Cellular Therapy for Neurological Injury

Content: Chapter 1. Acute neurological injury : pathophysiology as related to therapeutic targets / Charles S. Cox, Jr., Benjamin Aertker, and George P. Liao --
chapter 2. Oligodendrocyte precursor cells in spinal cord injury repair / Qi Lin Cao --
chapter 3. Cell-based therapy for stroke / Vivek Misra, Bing Yang, Sushil Sharma, and Sean I. Savitz --
chapter 4. Experimental models of traumatic brain injury : clinical relevance and shortcomings / Edward W. Vogel III, Barclay Morrison III, Megan N. Evilsizor, Daniel R. Griffiths, Theresa C. Thomas, Jonathan Lifshitz, Richard L. Sutton, Joseph B. Long, David Ritzel, Geoffrey S.F. Ling, James Huh, Ramesh Raghupathi, and Tracy K. McIntosh --
chapter 5. Behavioral testing after experimental traumatic brain injury / Bridgette D. Semple and Linda J. Noble-Haeusslein --
chapter 6. Translation biomarkers for traumatic brain injury / Pramod K. Dash, Michael Hylin, and Anthony N. Moore --
chapter 7. Neuro-immune signaling circuit in traumatic brain injury / Scott D. Olson --
chapter 8. Soluble factors and mechanisms of action of Mesenchymal stem cells in traumatic brain injury and organ injury induced by trauma / Shibani Pati and Stuart L. Gibb --
chapter 9. Use of a natural modulator of inflammation (TSG-6) for the therapy of traumatic brain injury / Darwin J. Prockop --
chapter 10. Tissue engineering and cell-based therapeutics for repair of myelomeningocele / KuoJen Tsao and Luke R. Putnam.