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Neural transplantation : an introduction /
Although there are many scientific and philosophical reasons to study the brain, for William J. Freed, "the most compelling reason to study the brain is to be able to repair the brains of individuals with nervous system injury or disease." Advances in repairing the nervous system, as well...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2000.
©2000 |
| Colección: | Cellular and molecular neuroscience series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction to transplantation in the nervous system
- 2. Brain structure and development
- 3. History of neural transplantation
- 4. Transplants and how they are used
- 5. Control groups and experiments
- 6. Regulations and guidelines for fetal tissue transplantation
- 7. Mind control and other things to worry About
- 8. Neural systems and Parkinson's disease
- 9. Neural transplantation in Parkinson's disease : a brief synopsis
- 10. Fetal brain tissue transplantation in Parkinson's disease : experiments in animals
- 11. Adrenal medulla transplantation
- 12. Studies in subhuman primates
- 13. Fetal brain tissue transplantation in parkinson's disease : clinical studies
- 14. Pain
- 15. Hypothalamus and pituitary
- 16. The cerebral cortex and stroke
- 17. Huntington's disease
- 18. Spinal cord
- 19. Visual system
- 20. Introduction to genetic engineering and neural transplantation
- 21. Growing cells in culture : stem and progenitor cells
- 22. Growing cells in culture : immortal cell lines
- 23. Genetically modified cells for producing neurotrophic factors and neurotransmitters
- 24. Direct gene transfer
- 25. Conclusions.