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Providing pharmacological access to the brain : alternate approaches / edited by Thomas R. Flanagan, Dwaine F. Emerich, Shelley R. Winn.

Title: Providing pharmacological access to the brain : alternate approaches / edited by Thomas R. Flanagan, Dwaine F. Emerich, Shelley R. Winn.
Publication: San Diego, Ca : Academic Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Description

xviii, 508 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Methods in neurosciences, 1043-9471 ; v. 21

Uniform Title

Methods in neurosciences ; v. 21.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Cellular Response of Central Nervous System Tissue to Invasive Therapeutic Measures / Ann Logan and Martin Berry -- 2. Models of Angiogenesis and the Blood-Brain Barrier / Jeffrey M. Rosenstein and Janette M. Krum -- 3. Osmotic Opening of the Blood-Brain Barrier and Brain Tumor Chemotherapy / Peter J. Robinson -- 4. Osmotic Blood-Brain Barrier Modification: Increasing Delivery of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Agents to the Brain / Edward A. Neuwelt and Robert A. Kroll -- 5. Peripheral Administration of Nerve Growth Factor Conjugated to an Anti-transferrin Receptor Antibody Increases Cholinergic Neuron Survival in Intraocular Forebrain Transplants / Ann-Charlotte Granholm, Paul T. Biddle, Cristina Backman, Ted Ebendal, Greg Gerhardt, Barry Hoffer, Ludmila Mackerlova, Lars Olson, Stine Soderstrom, Lee Walus and Phillip Friden.
6. Ferrotransferrin and Antibody against the Transferrin Receptor as Potential Vehicles for Drug Delivery across the Mammalian Blood-Brain Barrier into the Central Nervous System / Richard D. Broadwell, Belinda J. Baker, William A. Banks, Phillip Friden, Majorie Moran, Constance Oliver and Juan C. Villegas -- 7. Depofoam-Mediated Drug Delivery into Cerebrospinal Fluid / Sinil Kim -- 8. Interstitial Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System Using Controlled Release Polymers: Chemotherapy for Brain Tumors / Rafael J. Tamargo, Robert Langer and Henry Brem -- 9. Sustained Intracerebral Delivery of Nerve Growth Factor with Biodegradable Polymer Microspheres / Alejandro Mendez, Paul J. Camarata, Raj Suryanarayanan and Timothy J. Ebner -- 10. Polymeric Drug Carrier Systems in the Brain / Abraham J. Domb and Israel Ringel -- 11. Using Osmotic Minipumps for Intracranial Delivery of Amino Acids and Peptides / Jeffrey D. White and Michael W. Schwartz.
12. Continuous Central Nervous System Infusion with Alzet Osmotic Pumps / Theo Hagg -- 13. Injection of Biologically Active Substances into the Brain / Paul M. Carvey, Terrence J. Maag and Donghui Lin -- 14. Factors Important in the Survival of Dopamine Neurons in Intracerebral Grafts of Embryonic Substantia Nigra / Roger Barker, Rosemary Fricker and Steven B. Dunnett -- 15. Techniques in Adrenal Medullary Transplantation for Experimental Nonhuman Primate Parkinsonism / Massimo S. Fiandaca and Jeffrey H. Kordower -- 16. Technical Aspects of Transplantation of the Adrenal Medulla to the Caudate Nucleus as a Treatment for Parkinson's Disease / Stephen W. Carmichael, Susan L. Stoddard and Patrick J. Kelly -- 17. Transplantation of Epidermal Growth Factor-Responsive Neural Stem Cell Progeny into the Murine Central Nervous System / Joseph P. Hammang, Brent A. Reynolds, Samuel Weiss, Albee Messing and Ian D. Duncan.
18. Application of Astrocyte Transplants as a Therapeutic Intervention / J. Patrick Kesslak and Richard J. Bridges -- 19. Development of Immortalized Cell Lines for Transplantation in Central Nervous System Injury and Degeneration Models / M. Giordano, H. Takashima, M. Poltorak, H. M. Geller and W. J. Freed -- 20. Use of Genetically Modified Cells to Deliver Neurotrophic Factors and Neurotransmitters to the Brain / Lisa J. Fisher, Gordon R. Chalmers and Fred H. Gage -- 21. Neuropeptide and Catecholamine Delivery to the Central Nervous System by Implanted Chromaffin Cells / Jacqueline Sagen, John D. Ortega and George D. Pappas -- 22. Microencapsulation of Cells in Thermoplastic Copolymer (Hydroxyethyl Methacrylate-Methyl Methacrylate) / M. V. Sefton, H. Uludag, J. Babensee, T. Roberts, V. Horvath and U. De Boni -- 23. Hydrogel Applications for Encapsulated Cellular Transplants / Shelley R. Winn and Patrick A. Tresco.
24. Test for Validating the Safety of Encapsulated Xenografts / T. R. Flanagan, B. Frydel, B. Tente, M. Lavoie, E. Doherty, D. Rein, D. F. Emerich and S. R. Winn -- 25. Particle Bombardment for Gene Transfer into Nerve Cell Systems / Ning-Sun Yang, Shoushu Jiao and Carolyn De Luna -- 26. A Defective Herpes Simplex Virus Vector System for Genetic Intervention in the Adult Brain: Applications to Gene Therapy and Neuronal Physiology / Alfred I. Geller, Mathew J. During and Rachael Neve -- 27. Expression of Neurotropic Factor Genes from Herpes Simplex Virus Type I Vectors: Modifying Neuronal Phenotype / Michael D. Geschwind, Bing Lu and Howard Federoff -- 28. Assessing the Commercial Potential of Central Nervous System Delivery Approaches / John S. Swen, Thomas R. Flanagan and Thomas G. Wiggans.

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0121852911

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