Degeneration and regeneration in the nervous system
By: edited by N.R. Saunders and K.M. Dziegielewska.
Contributors: Saunders, Norman, 1938-; Dziegielewska, Katarzyna M., 1949-
Publisher: Harwood Academic
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Australia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Nervous system -- Degeneration; Nervous system -- Regeneration.; Nerve Regeneration.; Nerve Degeneration.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Repair after spinal cord injury: A clinical perspective 1; title: D J Brown; title: 2 Recovery from injury in the immature mammalian spinal cord 17; title: N R Saunders and K M Dziegielewska; title: 3 Intrinsic determinants of differential axonal regeneration by adult; title: mammalian central nervous system neurons 53; title: P N Anderson and A R Lieberman; title: 4 Inflammation and the glial scar: Factors at the site of injury that; title: influence regeneration in the central nervous system 77; title: M T Fitch and J Silver; title: 5 Intrinsic neuronal and extrinsic glial determinants of axonal; title: regeneration in the injured spinal cord 93; title: W Tetzlaff and J D Steeves; title: 6 Evolutionary hierarchy of optic nerve regeneration: Implications for; title: cell survival, axon outgrowth and map formation 119; title: L D Beazley and S A Dunlop; title: 7 The role of cytoskeleton in regeneration of central nervous systems; title: axons 153; title: A Conti and M E Seizer; title: 8 What types of bridges will best promote axonal regeneration across; title: an area of injury in the adult mammalian spinal cord? 171; title: M B Bunge; title: 9 Use of cell/polymer hybrid structures as conduits for regenerative; title: growth in the central nervous system 191; title: A R Harvey; title: 10 Neural stem cells: Regulation and potential use in neuronal regeneration 205; title: P F Bartlett, G F Brooker, C H Faux, A M Turnley and T J Kilpatrick; title: 11 The low affinity neurotrophin receptor, p75: A multifunction molecule; title: with a role in nerve regeneration? 221; title: I A Ferguson, J J Lu, X F Zhou and R A Rush; title: 12 Regeneration in the peripheral nervous system 239; title: M A Bisby; title: 13 The role of macrophages in degeneration and regeneration in the; title: peripheral nervous system 263; title: P M Hughes and V H Perry; title: 14 The response of the somatosensory system to peripheral nerve injury 285; title: P D Kitchener and P Wilson.