Stem cells and regenerative medicine Volume I, Adult neurogenesis and neural stem cells / Philippe Taupin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taupin, Philippe.

Series:

Stem cells and regenerative medicine ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental neurobiology.

Neural stem cells.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The subject of this book is stem cell research and regenerative medicine. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the ability to differentiate into different lineages of the body. Stem cells carry tremendous potential for the treatment of a broad range of disease and injuries.

Contents:

Intro

STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, VOLUME I: ADULT NEUROGENESIS AND NEURAL STEM CELLS

STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, VOLUME I ADULT NEUROGENESIS AND NEURAL STEM CELLS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

REFERENCES

NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT BRAIN

3. NEURAL PROGENITOR AND STEM CELLS FROM THE ADULT BRAIN

4. NEURAL PROGENITOR AND STEM CELLS IN THE ADULT BRAIN

5. A DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS

6. REDEFINING CNS PHYSIOPATHOLOGY

7. CELLULAR THERAPY IN THE ADULT CNS

8. CONCLUDING REMARKS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ADULT NEUROGENESIS IN MAMMALS

2. LABELING NEWLY GENERATED NEURONAL CELLS IN THE ADULT BRAIN

3. MODULATION OF ADULT NEUROGENESIS

4. FUNCTION OF ADULT NEUROGENESIS

5. CONTRIBUTION OF ADULT NEUROGENESIS TO CNS PHYSIOPATHOLOGY

6. NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT HUMAN BRAIN: PARTICULARITIES AND IMPLICATIONS

7. CONCLUSION

BRDU IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY FOR STUDYING ADULT NEUROGENESIS: PARADIGMS, PITFALLS, LIMITATIONS AND VALIDATION

2. ADULT NEUROGENESIS

3. STRATEGIES FOR STUDYING ADULT NEUROGENESIS

4. ASSESSMENT OF BRDU LABELING FOR STUDYING CELL PROLIFERATION AND ADULT NEUROGENESIS

5. CONCLUDING REMARKS

PROTOCOLS FOR STUDYING ADULT NEUROGENESIS: INSIGHTS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

2. BRDU LABELING, CELL PROLIFERATION, MIGRATION, BIRTHDATING, AND FATE DETERMINATION

3. CONTROVERSIES AND DEBATES OVER THE USE OF BRDU FOR STUDYING ADULT NEUROGENESIS

4. ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES TO STUDY ADULT NEUROGENESIS

5. BRDU LABELING, CELL KINETIC AND CELL LINEAGE RELATIVE TO PROLIFERATIVE HISTORY

6. CONCLUSION.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ADULT NEUROGENESIS IN THE MAMMALIAN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: FUNCTIONALITY AND POTENTIAL CLINICAL INTEREST

2. ADULT NEUROGENESIS AND NEURAL STEM CELLS OF THE MAMMALIAN CNS

3. ADULT NEUROGENESIS IN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS

4. FUNCTIONALITY OF ADULT NEUROGENESIS

5. CONCLUSION

STROKE-INDUCED NEUROGENESIS: PHYSIOPATHOLOGY AND MECHANISMS

2. STROKE-INDUCED NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT MAMMALIAN BRAIN

3. CONTRIBUTION OF ADULT NEUROGENESIS TO THE PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF CEREBRAL STROKES

4. CONCLUSION

ADULT NEUROGENESIS AND NEUROPLASTICITY

1. ADULT NEUROGENESIS AND NEURAL STEM CELLS

2. ENHANCED NEUROGENESIS AFTER CEREBRAL STROKE

3. ENHANCED NEUROGENESIS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

4. NEUROREGENERATION

5. NEUROPLASTICITY

6. CONCLUSION

THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF ADULT NEURAL STEM CELLS

2. ADULT NEUROGENESIS AND NEURAL STEM CELLS

3. PHYSIOLOGY OF NEWLY GENERATED NEURONAL CELLS IN THE ADULT BRAIN

4. ADULT-DERIVED NEURAL PROGENITOR AND STEM CELLS

5. CELL-BASED THERAPIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CNS DISEASES AND INJURIES

AUTHOR'S NOTE

CONCLUSION AND PERSPECTIVES

CONSIDERATION OF ADULT NEUROGENESIS FROM BASIC SCIENCE TO THERAPY

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61668-578-6

OCLC:

847450494