Functional Neural Transplantation IIIPrimary and Stem Cell Therapies for Brain Repair, Part I

Content: 
Series Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages v-vii

Chapter 1 - Introduction (Part I)
Pages 3-5
Stephen B. Dunnett, Anders Björklund

Chapter 2 - Transplantation in the future
Pages 7-13
Fred H. Gage

Chapter 3 - Ethical challenges for using human cells in clinical cell therapy
Pages 17-40
Göran Hermerén

Chapter 4 - Banking stem cells for research and clinical applications
Pages 41-58
Glyn Stacey

Chapter 5 - Survival, differentiation, and connectivity of ventral mesencephalic dopamine neurons following transplantation
Pages 61-95
Lachlan Thompson, Anders Björklund

Chapter 6 - Electrophysiological investigations of synaptic connectivity between host and graft neurons
Pages 97-112
Jan Tønnesen, Merab Kokaia

Chapter 7 - Nigral grafts in animal models of Parkinson's disease. Is recovery beyond motor function possible?
Pages 113-142
Mariah J. Lelos, Eilís Dowd, Stephen B. Dunnett

Chapter 8 - l-DOPA- and graft-induced dyskinesia following transplantation
Pages 143-168
Emma L. Lane, Christian Winkler

Chapter 9 - Current status of clinical trials of neural transplantation in Parkinson's disease
Pages 169-198
Jonathan R. Evans, Sarah L. Mason, Roger A. Barker

Chapter 10 - In vivo imaging of the integration and function of nigral grafts in clinical trials
Pages 199-220
Marios Politis, Paola Piccini

Chapter 11 - Neuropathology in transplants in Parkinson's disease: Implications for disease pathogenesis and the future of cell therapy
Pages 221-241
Patrik Brundin, Jeffrey H. Kordower

Chapter 12 - Derivation of dopaminergic neurons from pluripotent stem cells
Pages 243-263
Lorenz Studer

Chapter 13 - Characterization and criteria of embryonic stem and induced pluripotent stem cells for a dopamine replacement therapy
Pages 265-276
Oliver Cooper, Malin Parmar, Ole Isacson

Chapter 14 - Skilled motor control for the preclinical assessment of functional deficits and recovery following nigral and striatal cell transplantation
Pages 279-301
Alexander Klein, Ian Q. Whishaw

Chapter 15 - Role of experience, training, and plasticity in the functional efficacy of striatal transplants
Pages 303-328
Máté D. Döbrössy, Guido Nikkhah

Chapter 16 - In vivo imaging of integration and function of striatal grafts in rodent and nonhuman primate animal models
Pages 329-343
Philippe Hantraye, Romina Aron Badin

Chapter 17 - Clinical trials of neural transplantation in Huntington's disease
Pages 345-371
Anne E. Rosser, Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi

Chapter 18 - Derivation of striatal neurons from human stem cells
Pages 373-404
Pedro Viegas, Camille Nicoleau, Anselme L. Perrier

Combined Index
Pages 405-418

Other volumes in PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH
Pages 419-420