Transplantation of Neural Tissue into the Spinal Cord

• Main Author: Nógrádi, Antal (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Series: Neuroscience Intelligence Unit
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Surgical transplantation.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.; Transplant Surgery.

The book gives an account of results obtained from experiments where grafts of neuronal, glial and other tissues as well as artificial materials were placed into the spinal cord. It attempts to evaluate the contributions made by these studies to our understanding of basic neurobiologies questions. T...

Table of Contents:

• Anatomy and Physiology of the Spinal Cord
• Recovery of Function After Spinal Cord Injury
• Recovery of Lost Spinal Cord Function by Facilitating the Spinal Cord Circuits Below the Lesion
• Encouraging Regeneration of Host Neurons:
• Encouraging Regeneration of Host Neurons:
• Replacement of Specific Neuronal Populations in the Spinal Cord
• Replacement of Specific Populations of Cells
• Conclusion.