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


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Nervous system--Degeneration
Nervous system--Regeneration.
Nerve Regeneration.
Nerve Degeneration.

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