Model organisms in spinal cord regeneration
By: edited by Catherina G. Becker and Thomas Becker.
Contributors: Becker, Catherina G.; Becker, Thomas.
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9783527315048
Subjects: Regeneration -- physiology; Spinal Cord -- cytology; Spinal cord -- Regeneration
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mammalian models of CNS regeneration. The role of inhibitory molecules in limiting axonal regeneration in the mammalian spinal cord / Patrick N. Anderson, Jez Fabes, and David Hunt ; Intrinsic factors contributing to axon regeneration in the mammalian nervous system / Ferdinando Rossi ; Stimulating intrinsic growth potential in mammalian neurons / Bhavna Ylera and Frank Bradke ; Cellular grafting strategies to enhance regeneration in the mammalian spinal cord / Richard L. Benton and Scott R. Whittemore; title: Mammalian and non-mammalian models of spinal function. Spinal motor functions in lamprey / Sten Grillner and Peter Wallén ; Genetic approaches to spinal locomotor function in mammals / Anna Vallstedt and Klas Kullander ; Comparative analysis of descending supraspinal projections in amphibians / Agustín González and Hans J. ten Donkelaar; title: Non-mammalian models of spinal cord regeneration. Regeneration in the lamprey spinal cord / Michael I. Shifman, Li-Qing Jin, and Michael E. Selzer ; Functional regeneration in the larval zebrafish spinal cord / D. Harshad Bhatt ... [et al.] ; Zebrafish as a model system for successful spinal cord regeneration / Catherina G. Becker and Thomas Becker; title: Non-mammalian models of visual system regeneration. Functional aspects of optic nerve regeneration in non-mammalian vertebrates / Sarah A. Dunlop ; Optic nerve regeneration in goldfish / Satoru Kato ... [et al.] ; Gene regulation during axon and tissue regeneration in the retina of zebrafish / Marie-Claude Senut ... [et al.].