Neural Transplantation Methods

In Neural Transplantation Methods, leading experimental neurobiologists and neurosurgeons provide all the technical and practical information required to perform neural transplantation in experimental and neurological research, including a detailed consideration of the issues involved in designing a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dunnett, Stephen B. (Editor), Boulton, Alan A. (Editor), Baker, Glen B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:Neuromethods
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Sources of Cells for Transplantation
  • Dissecting Embryonic Neural Tissues for Transplantation
  • Pregraft Tissue Storage Methods for Intracerebral Transplantation
  • Neural Stem Cells for Transplantation
  • Immortalized Cells
  • Cells from Testis for Transplantation in the CNS
  • Engineered Cells and Ex Vivo Gene Transfer
  • Intracerebral Gene Transfer Using Viral Vectors
  • Methods of Implantation
  • Basic Transplantation Methods in Rodent Brain
  • Intraocular Grafting
  • Neural Transplantation in the Developing CNS
  • Preparation of Cell Suspensions for Transplantation
  • Microtransplantation of Nigral Dopamine Neurons
  • Application of Polymer-Encapsulated Cell Therapy for CNS Diseases
  • Neural Transplantation in Parkinsonian Primates
  • Transplanting Myelinogenic Cells into the CNS
  • Labeling and Identifying Grafted Cells
  • Factors in Graft Survival and Function
  • Neovascularization and the Blood-Brain Barrier in Neural Transplantation
  • Trophic Influences on Neural Tissue Transplants
  • Neuroprotective Strategies in Neural Grafting
  • Death and Survival in CNS Grafting
  • Immunology
  • Immunoprotection of Cell and Tissue Implants in the CNS
  • Immunobiology of Neural Xenotransplantation