CNS regeneration: basic science and clinical advances

 Content: Responses to Injury --
 1. Molecular and Genetic Responses to Injury --
 Larry Benowitz --
 2. Glial Cells, Inflammation and CNS Trauma --
 Michael T. Fitch and Jerry Silver --
 Stem Cells and Trophic Factors in CNS Repair --
 3. Stem Cell Therapy for Brain Tumors --
 Rahul Jandial, Allen L. Ho, Michael L Levy and Evan Y. Snyder --
 4. Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson's Disease --
 Andreas Androutsellis-Theotokis, Maria A. Rueger and Ron D.G. McKay --
 5. Adult Neural Progenitor Cells in CNS Function and Disease --
 Sebastian Jessberger, Stefan Aigner, James B. Aimone and Fred H. Gage --
 6. Neurotrophic Factors --
 Mark Tuszynski --
 Novel Therapies for Parkinsons and Huntingtons Disease --
 7. Direct Delivery of GDNF into the Non-human Primate and Human Parkinsonian Brain: Success and Road Blocks --
 R. Grodin, Z. Zhang, Y. Ai, J. Slevin, A.B. Young, D.M. Gash and G.A. Gerhardt --
 8. Growth Factor Gene Therapy for Parkinon's Disease --
 Jeffrey H. Kordower --
 9. Stimulating and Ablative Treatment for Parkinson's Disease --
 Julie G. Pilitsis and Roy A.E. Bakay --
 10. Neurotrophic Factor and Stem Cell Therapy for Huntington's Disease --
 Jeffrey H. Kordower --
 Novel Therapies for Alzheimers Disease --
 11. Neurotrophic Factors and Alzheimer's Disease --
 Mark Tuszynski --
 12. Anti-amyloid-beta Immunotherapy as treatment for Alzheimmers Disease --
 Joh R. Cirrito and David M. Holtzman --
 Novel Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury and White Matter Demyelination --
 13. Growth Factors for Spinal Cord Regeneration --
 Mark Tuszynski --
 14. Modifying the Extracellular Matrix as a Treatment to Impove Functional Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury --
 James W. Fawcett --
 15. Myelin Neutralization for Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke --
 A.R. Walmsley, D. Bourikas and A.K. Mir --
 16. Strategies to Inhibit Signaling through Nogo Receptor 1 for Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke --
 Jane K. Relton and Paul H. Weinreb --
 17. Cyclic AMP Modulation of Axonal Regeneration Following Spinal Cord Injury --
 Sari S. Hanilla and marie T. Filbin --
 18. Multiple Sclerosis: Remyelination --
 Jeffery D. Kocsis, Masanori Sasaki, Karen L Lankford and Christine Radtke --
 Design of Clinical Trials --
 19. Clinical Trials in Rehabilitation with Neural Repair --
 Bruce H. Dobkin. Intrinsic determinants of axon regeneration / Rhona Seijffers and Larry Benowitz --
 Axonal responses to injury / Mike Fainzilber --
 Glial cells, inflammation, and CNS trauma modulation of the inflammatory environment after injury can lead to long-distance regeneration beyond the glial scar / Michael T. Fitch and Jerry Silver --
 Neurotrophic factors / Eugene M. Johnson, Jr. and Mark H. Tuszynski --
 Stem cell therapy for brain tumors / Rahul Jandial ... [et al.] --
 Stem cell therapies for Parkinson's disease / Andreas Androutselis-Theotokis, Maria A. Rueger, and Ron D.G. McKay --
 Adult neural progenitor cells in CNS function and disease / Sebastian Jessberger ... [et al.] --
 Neurotrophic factors in Alzheimer's disease / Armin Blesch and Mark H. Tuszynski --
 Direct delivery of GDNF into the non-human primate and human parkinsonian brain: success and road blocks / R. Grondin ... [et al.] --
 Stimulating and ablative treatment for Parkinson's disease / Julie G. Pilitsis and Roy A.E. Bakay --
 Gene and cellular transplantation therapies for Huntington's disease / Shilpa Ramaswamy and Jeffrey H. Kordower --
 Anti-amyloid-[beta] immunotherapy as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease / John R. Cirrito and David M. Holtzman --
 Axonal plasticity and regeneration in the injured spinal cord / M.H. Tuszynski and P. Lu --
 Modifying the extracellular matrix as a treatment to improve functional recovery after spinal cord injury / James W. Fawcett --
 Myelin neutralization for spinal cord injury and stroke / A.R. Walmsley, D. Bourikas, and A.K. Mir --
 Strategies to inhibit signaling through Nogo receptor 1 for spinal cord injury and stroke / Jane K. Relton and Paul H. Weinreb --
 Cyclic AMP modulation of axonal regeneration following spinal cord injury / Sari S. Hannila and Marie T. Filbin --
 Multiple sclerosis: remyelination / Jeffery D. Kocsis ... [et al.] --
 Clinical trials in rehabilitation with neural repair / Bruce H. Dobkin.
 Abstract:             
              Focuses on the field of regeneration in the Central Nervous System (CNS) from molecular, systems, and disease-based perspective. This book covers numerous areas in detail, and gives special emphasis to discussions of movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and spinal cord injury.                 Read more...