Neural Stem Cells: Development and Transplantation

✍ Scribed by K. Sue O’Shea (auth.), Jane E. Bottenstein (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 478
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Neural Stem Cells: Development and Transplantation provides comprehensive, critical and insightful reviews by leading experts in this exciting field of research. This volume will provide the latest data on neural stem cell properties and their therapeutic applications.
This volume will be particularly useful for students, basic scientists, and clinicians in the academic or industrial sectors who have an interest in understanding neural development and its application to repairing the nervous system.

✦ Table of Contents

Neural Stem Cell Models of Development and Disease....Pages 1-54
Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells: Lineage and Cell Fate Determination....Pages 55-93
Stage-Specific and Cell Fate Markers....Pages 95-126
Isolation of Stem Cells from Multiple Sites in the CNS....Pages 127-153
Neural Cells Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells....Pages 155-180
On the Origin of Newly Made Neural Cells in the Adult Organism: Does Transdifferentiation Occur?....Pages 181-206
Neural Stem Cell Purification and Clonal Analysis....Pages 207-229
Embryonic and Neural Stem Cell Lines....Pages 231-269
Isolation, Survival, Proliferation, and Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cells....Pages 271-298
Neuronal Replacement by Transplantation....Pages 299-328
Derivation of Myelin-forming Cells for Transplantation Repair of the CNS....Pages 329-353
Induction of Adult Cortical Neurogenesis From Neural Precursors In Situ....Pages 355-377
Neural Stem Cells for Cellular Therapy in Humans....Pages 379-411
Genetic Modification of Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells....Pages 413-445

✦ Subjects

Neurosciences; Transplant Surgery; Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology