Restorative Therapies in Parkinson's Disease

Restorative Therapies for Parkinson\'s Disease: Current Status and Future Perspectives....Pages 1-11
Restorative Therapies for Parkinson\'s Disease: Ethical Issues....Pages 12-49
Evolution of Parkinson\'s Disease and Treatment Requirements: What New Treatments are Needed and the Role of Striatal Grafting....Pages 50-64
Clinical Trial Design Issues....Pages 65-77
Lessons Learned From Early Clinical Neural Grafting in Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 78-92
Fetal Nigral Transplantation as a Therapy for Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 93-118
Imaging of the Parkinsonian Brain in Relation to Restorative Therapy....Pages 119-130
Important Aspects of Surgical Methodology for Transplantation in Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 131-165
Histopathological and Clinical Criteria for Analyzing Transplanted Human Dopamine Cells in Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 166-183
Dyskinesias and Neural Grafting in Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 184-224
Porcine Neural Xenotransplantation: Current Status....Pages 225-243
Adult-Derived Stem Cells for Transplantation in Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 244-268
Embryonic Stem Cells for Grafting in Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 269-284
Genetically Modified Cells as a Source for Grafting in Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 285-296
Delivery of GDNF for Parkinson\'s Disease: Transition of a Neuroprotective Treatment Strategy From Basic Sciences to Clinical Application....Pages 297-316
In Vivo Gene Therapy as a Potential Treatment for Parkinson\'s Disease....Pages 317-344