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London, UK :
Academic Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; NEURAL REGENERATION; NEURAL REGENERATION; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; SECTION I
- INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1
- Advances and Challenges for Neural Regeneration Research; 1. NERVOUS SYSTEM, NERVE INJURY, AND NEURAL REGENERATION; 2. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN NEURAL REGENERATION RESEARCH; 3. PNS REGENERATION; 4. CNS REGENERATION; 5. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES; Acknowledgments; References; SECTION II
- NEURAL REGENERATION INLOWER VERTEBRATES; Chapter 2
- Functional Regeneration and Remyelination in the Zebrafish Optic Nerve
- 1. INTRODUCTION TO ZEBRAFISH OPTIC NERVE INJURY (ONI) AS A MODEL FOR STUDYING REGENERATION AND REMYELINATION2. TIME COURSE OF OPTIC NERVE REGENERATION IN ADULT ZEBRAFISH; 3. INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MECHANISMS OF AXON REGENERATION; 4. GENETIC MANIPULATION TOOLS ARE VERY USEFUL FOR STUDYING REGENERATION IN ZEBRAFISH; 5. IN VIVO IMAGING OF NERVE REGENERATION IN ZEBRAFISH LARVAE; 6. IMAGING REMYELINATION IN ZEBRAFISH; 7. BEHAVIOR TESTS INDEXED THE VISUAL FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY AFTER OPTIC NERVE INJURY; 8. FUTURE DIRECTIONS; 9. CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; References
- Chapter 3
- Central Nerve Regeneration in Reptiles1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TIMING OF REGENERATION-GENERAL COMPARED TO FISH AND FROGS, INCLUDING GECKOS, ETC; 3. RETINAL GANGLION CELL SURVIVAL; 4. GLIA: FRIEND OR FOE?; 5. GROWTH PROMOTION: NEUROTROPHINS, EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, GEFILTIN, POLYSIALIC ACID-NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE, COMPARISON WI ... ; 6. TOPOGRAPHY AND REFINEMENT: NMDA/AMPA/GABA AND SYNAPTIC PROTEINS; 7. CONCLUSION: RELEVANCE TO MAMMALS; 8. CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4
- Axon Regeneration in the Lamprey Spinal Cord
- 1. THE NEED FOR LOWER VERTEBRATE MODELS OF AXON REGENERATION IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM2. GENERAL BIOLOGY OF THE LAMPREY; 3. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE SEA LAMPREY; 4. ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL EVIDENCE FOR AXON REGENERATION IN THE LAMPREY SPINAL CORD; 5. IS AXON REGENERATION A RECAPITULATION OF AXON DEVELOPMENT?; 6. NEURON-INTRINSIC DETERMINANTS OF AXON REGENERATION; 7. CONCLUSIONS; References; SECTION III
- NEURAL REGENERATION IN THEPERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; Chapter 5
- Tissue Engineering in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NERVE SCAFFOLDS; 3. SUPPORT CELLS
- 4. GROWTH FACTORS5. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; 6. CONCLUDING REMARKS; References; Chapter 6
- Brachial Plexus Avulsion: A Model for Axonal Regeneration Study; 1. ANATOMY OF HUMAN AND RODENT BRACHIAL PLEXUS; 2. BRACHIAL PLEXUS AVULSION; 3. POTENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS AVULSION; References; Chapter 7
- Conditions Affecting Accuracy of Peripheral Nerve Reinnervation and Functional Recovery; 1. THE CLINICAL PROBLEM; 2. PROCESSES FOR AXONAL REGENERATION; 3. FAILURE OF PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; 4. IMPROVING AXON TARGETING AFTER INJURY; 5. CONCLUSIONS; References
- Chapter 8
- Gonadal Steroids in Regeneration and Repair of Neuromuscular Systems
