Molecular Signaling and Regulation in Glial Cells: A Key to Remyelination and Functional Repair

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Origins and early development of oligodendrocyte precursor cells....Pages 3-10
Cytokine and Growth Factor Synthesis in Human Astrocytes....Pages 11-19
Mature Pig Astrocytes Do Not Respond to NGF as Oligodendrocytes Do....Pages 20-27
Endopeptidase-24.11/common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia antigen CD10 in Schwann cells: Evidence for a role in nerve development and regeneration....Pages 28-43
Regulation of Oligodendrocyte Development by the LIF Cytokine Subfamily: Studies of the Neonatal Lineage Cultured from Rat Cerebrum....Pages 44-56
HIV-1 Env and Glutamate Induction of NO, IL1, and TNF....Pages 57-68
Protein Kinase C Stimulation Induces Astrocyte and Oligodendrocyte Proliferation, Demyelination and Enhanced Remyelination in Aggregating Rat Brain Cell Cultures....Pages 69-75
Monosialogangliosides and Nerve Growth Factor Stimulate Synthesis of Glycoproteins in Glioma Cells....Pages 76-88
Responses of Oligodendrocytes to Classical Neurotransmitters: Signaling Pathways....Pages 91-100
Ion channel expression and function in astrocytic scars....Pages 101-113
Ion Channel Expression in Glial Cells from Trout Central Nervous System....Pages 114-126
Ion Channel Reorganization During Remyelination....Pages 127-138
Gap Junction Expression in Myelinating Cells....Pages 139-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
CNS Myelination: What can we learn from phylogeny?....Pages 151-162
The Proteolipid Protein Gene Family in the Central Nervous Systems of Fish....Pages 163-169
Molecular Structure of Myelin Genes in the CNS of Trout....Pages 170-181
Transcriptional Controls in the Oligodendrocyte Lineage....Pages 182-190
Regulation of MBP mRNA translocation in oligodendrocytes....Pages 191-200
Molecular cloning of new basic helix-loop-helix proteins from the mammalian central nervous system....Pages 201-209
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Microglial and astroglial activation patterns in neural graft rejection and neuronal and axonal degeneration....Pages 213-229
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
The Effect of Myelin Disruption on Spinal Cord Regeneration....Pages 230-242
Does Myelin Inhibit Regeneration and Remyelination?....Pages 243-254
Aspects of Remyelination by Endogenous and Transplanted Glial Cells in Regenerating Goldfish Visual System....Pages 255-264
Patterns of demyelination in multiple sclerosis as defined by oligodendrocyte pathology....Pages 267-287
The adult human oligodendrocyte progenitor....Pages 288-296
Strategies to Promote Central Nervous System Remyelination In Vivo ....Pages 297-311
Immunomodulatory therapy of multiple sclerosis: current trials and future perspectives....Pages 312-321
Identification of new cell-surface receptors on oligodendrocyte-lineage cells....Pages 325-328
Transplantation of Oligodendrocyte Progenitors and CG4 Cells into the Dveloping Rat Brain: Differences and Similarities....Pages 329-341
OLN-Cells: a New Oligodendroglia Cell Line with Impact for Cell Transplantation....Pages 342-356
Schwann Cell Suspension Grafts Promote Reconstruction of Transected Postcommissural Fornix in the Adult Rat....Pages 357-366
The biology of the transplanted oligodendrocyte progenitor....Pages 367-378
Back Matter....Pages 379-390