Cell therapy, stem cells, and brain repair / edited by Cyndy Davis Sanberg, Paul R. Sanberg. — Towowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2006.—(64.12/C393)

Contents

    Contents
    
    Preface v
    Contributors xiii
    Color Plates xvi
    1 Current Views of the Embryonic and Neural Stem Cell: Cell Replacement or Molecular Repair?
    2 Developing Novel Cell Sources for Transplantation in Parkinson's Disease
    3 Neural Transplantation in the Nonhuman Primate
    4 Cell-Based Therapy for Huntington's Disease
    5 Use of Bone Marrow Stem Cells as Therapy for Behavioral Deficits in Rodent Models of Huntington's Disease
    6 Human Neuroteratocarcinoma Cells as a Neural Progenitor Graft Source for Cell Transplantation in Stroke
    7 Therapeutic Applications of Bone Marrow-Derived Stem Cells in Neurologic Injury and Disease
    8 Cell Therapy for Models of Pain and Traumatic Brain Injury
    9 The Use of Sertoli Cells in Neural Transplantation
    10 The Choroid Plexus: A Novel Graft Source for Neural Transplantation
    11 Progress and Challenges in Immunoisolation for CNS Cell Therapy
    12 Evidence-Based Methodology for Advancing Neural Reconstruction
    13 Hematopoietic Cell Therapy for Brain Repair
    14 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Commercial and Pharmaceutical Implications
    Index 385