Degeneration and regeneration in the nervous system /
edited by N.R. Saunders and K.M. Dziegielewska.
- Australia : Harwood Academic, c2000.
- xviii, 330 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content 1 Repair after spinal cord injury: A clinical perspective D J Brown 2 Recovery from injury in the immature mammalian spinal cord N R Saunders and K M Dziegielewska 3 Intrinsic determinants of differential axonal regeneration by adult mammalian central nervous system neurons P N Anderson and A R Lieberman 4 Inflammation and the glial scar: Factors at the site of injury that influence regeneration in the central nervous system M T Fitch and J Silver 5 Intrinsic neuronal and extrinsic glial determinants of axonal regeneration in the injured spinal cord W Tetzlaff and J D Steeves 6 Evolutionary hierarchy of optic nerve regeneration: Implications for cell survival, axon outgrowth and map formation L D Beazley and S A Dunlop 7 The role of cytoskeleton in regeneration of central nervous systems axons A Conti and M E Seizer 8 What types of bridges will best promote axonal regeneration across an area of injury in the adult mammalian spinal cord? M B Bunge 9 Use of cell/polymer hybrid structures as conduits for regenerative growth in the central nervous system A R Harvey 10 Neural stem cells: Regulation and potential use in neuronal regeneration P F Bartlett, G F Brooker, C H Faux, A M Turnley and T J Kilpatrick
11 The low affinity neurotrophin receptor, p75: A multifunction molecule with a role in nerve regeneration? I A Ferguson, J J Lu, X F Zhou and R A Rush 12 Regeneration in the peripheral nervous system M A Bisby 13 The role of macrophages in degeneration and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system P M Hughes and V H Perry 14 The response of the somatosensory system to peripheral nerve injury P D Kitchener and P Wilson