Research Catalog

Title

CNS regeneration : basic science and clinical advances / edited by Jeffrey Kordower, Mark H. Tuszynski.

Publication

Amsterdam ; Boston : ElsevierAcademic, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Kordower, Jeffrey H.
• Tuszynski, Mark H.

Description

xxii, 474 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Subjects

• Nerve Regeneration
• Central Nervous System Diseases > therapy
• Central Nervous System > injuries
• Regeneration
• Central nervous system > Regeneration
• Nerve Growth Factors

Note

• Previous ed.: 1999.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 9780123739940
• 0123739942

OCLC

• ocn174129529
• 174129529
• SCSB-5402924

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries