Progenitor Cell Therapy for Neurological Injury

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Charles, S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2011.
• Series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Stem cells.; Life Sciences.; Stem Cells.

There are currently no reparative therapies for severe neurological injury, including brain injury, spinal cord injury and stroke. Actually, most treatments are designed simply to limit secondary damage. However, pre-clinical data supports the idea that exogenous stem and progenitor cells have the p...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Basics of Stem and Progenitor Cells
• Chapter 2. Progenitor Cell Tissue Engineering: Scaffold Design and Fabrication
• Chapter 3. Stem Cell Delivery Methods and Routes
• Chapter 4. Neural Stem Cells-Endogenous Repair of Neurological Injury
• Chapter 5. Traumatic Brain Injury: Pathophysiology and Models
• Chapter 6. Traumatic Brain Injury: Relationship of Clinical Injury to Progenitor Cell Therapeutics
• Chapter 7. Cell-Based Therapy for Stroke
• Chapter 8. Spinal Cord Injury: Pathophysiology and Progenitor Cell Therapy
• Chapter 9. Current Status of Clinical Trials using Progenitor Cells for Neurological Injury.