Restorative Therapies in Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a common and devastating progressive disorder that primarily affects motor function. In this exciting and timely book, novel approaches to repairing the parkinsonian brain are described by some of the world’s leading scientists and clinicians in the field. Dealing with cutting...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Brundin, Patrik (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Olanow, C. Warren (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Restorative Therapies in a Historical Perspective
  • Ethical Issues in the Approaches of Restorative Therapies for Parkinson's Disease
  • Evolution of Parkinson's Disease and Treatment Requirements
  • What New Treatments are Needed and the Role of Striatal Grafting
  • Clinical Trial Design Issues
  • Lessons Learnt from Early Clinical Neural Grafting in Parkinson's Disease
  • Fetal Nigral Transplantation as a Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease
  • Imaging of the Parkinsonian Brain in Relation to Restorative Therapy
  • Important Aspects of Surgical Methodology for Transplantation in Parkinson’s Disease
  • Histopathological and Clinical Criteria for Analyzing Transplanted Human Dopamine Cells in Parkinson's Disease
  • Dyskinesias and Neural Grafting in Parkinson's Disease
  • Porcine Neural Xenotransplantation: Current Status
  • Adult-Derived Stem Cells for Transplantation in Parkinson's Disease
  • Embryonic Stem Cells for Grafting in Parkinson's Disease
  • Delivery of GDNF For Parkinson's Disease: Transition of a Neuroprotective Treatment Strategy from Basic Sciences to Clinical Application
  • Genetically Modified Cells as a Source for Grafting in Parkinson'se Disease
  • In Vivo Gene Therapy as a Potential Treatment for Parkinson's Disease.