[PDF] Neural Grafting In The Mammalian Cns eBook

Author : Don M. Gash
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0444810129

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Transplantation into the Mammalian CNS presents a comprehensive critical overview of recent advances of basic and clinical research in neural transplantation. Special emphasis is devoted to the emerging studies on the use of clinical grafts for the treatment of parkinsonism, the extension of this technology to additional models of neurological deficits, the immunobiology of neural implants, the exploration of trophic factors, and other new directions in the field of transplantation. Due to the extensive list of contents, only content headings are given. Full details can be obtained from the Publisher upon request.

Author : John R. Sladek
Publisher : Springer
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 40,48 MB
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781468446876

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The story of mammalian neural transplantation really begins eighty-one years ago. In Chicago in December of 1903, a 34-year-old physician, Elizabeth Hopkins Dunn, working as a research assistant in neurology, initiated a series of experiments to examine the ability of neonatal rat cerebral tissue to survive transplantation into the brain of matched littermates. Out of 46 attempts, four clearly successful grafts were identified. The publication of Dunn's results in 1917, the first credible report to demonstrate the feasibility of mammalian CNS transplants, generated little interest. In fact, the next significant experiment in this field did not appear until 1930. The field continued to grow slowly and quietly as investigators gradually realized the value of neural trans plantation to study problems of development and plasticity in the mammalian nervous system. With the discovery in 1979 that grafted neurons were capable of appropriate and functional interactions with the host brain, interest in neural transplantation esca lated sharply. The extraordinary opportunities created by using functional neural trans plants in investigating basic issues in neurobiology, as well as the clinical implications, excited both scientists and the public. The popularity of neural transplantation has been growing rapidly in the past five years and shows no signs of abating. The present volume was designed to meet two needs created by the rapid growth of this subdiscipline of neurobiology. The first was to provide a thorough review of the experimental foundations of neural transplantation.

Author : Dorothy E. Oorschot
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,56 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3642751083

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This state-of-the-art review links the experimental data into a cohesive and critical account of CNS regeneration. Research findings are discussed in terms of their relevance to one (or more) of thirteen hypotheses concerned with regeneration in the mammalian CNS. Research findings reviewed include: regeneration in developing mammals and in submammalian vertebrates, the use of transplants and/or pharmacological treatments, in vitro studies on neurotrophic and neurite promoting factors and their potential relevance to CNS regeneration in vivo, and in vitro studies on the types of glial cells that may be responsible for enhancing or suppressing axonal re-growth.

Author : Joe Marwah
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 1994-02-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780849386831

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This unique reference presents studies from leading laboratories that are studying the effects of CNS transplants on neuronal plasticity and recovery of function after CNS injury. Topics covered include tropic influences, reinnervation patterns, and prevention of cell death that range from pre-clinical models of Parkinson's disease in primates to studies of restoration of circadian rhythms in rats. Techniques of neurotransplantation are presented, including current limitations and future projections of advancement.