Functional Neural Transplantation III: Primary and Stem Cell Therapies for Brain Repair, Part II

This issue of Progress in Brain Research is split over 2 volumes, bringing together cutting-edge research on Functional Neural Transplantation. The 2 volumes review current knowledge and understanding, provide a starting point for researchers and practitioners entering the field, and build a platform for further research and discovery.

Leading authors review the state-of-the-art in their field of investigation, and provide their views and perspectives for future researchChapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics coveredAll chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist

1. Preface

Stephen Dunnett and Anders Björklund

2. Transplantation in the Future

Fred H. Gage

Stroke

3. Neural Differentiation and Support of Neuroregeneration of Non-Neural Adult Stem Cells

Rojin Abraham and Catherine M. Verfaillie

4. Stem Cell Repair of Striatal Ischemia

Zaal Kokaia and Olle Lindvall

5. In-vivo Imaging of Cell Transplants in Experimental Ischemia

Joanna Adamczak and Mathias Hoehn

6. Bone Marrow Stem Cells in Experimental Stroke

Jeffery D. Kocsis and Osamu Honmou

7. Advantages and Challenges of Alternative Sources of Adult-Derived Stem Cells for Brain Repair in Stroke

Paul R. Sanberg, David J. Eve, Christopher Metcalf and Cesario V. Borlongan

8. Prospects for Stem Cell-Derived Therapy in Stroke

John D. Sinden, Indira Vishnubhatla and Keith W. Muir

Retinal and Cortical Repair

9. Generation of Retinal Cells from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Zi-Bing Jin and Masayo Takahashi

10. Generation of Cortical Neurons from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Pierre Vanderhaeghen

Spinal Cord Repair

11. A Glio-Centric View of Repair

Ying Li, Daqing Li and Geoffrey Raisman

12. Current Status of Myelin Replacement Therapies in Multiple Sclerosis

Jeffrey K. Huang and Robin J.M. Franklin

13. Stem Cell-Based Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury

Lindsey A. Wyatt and Hans S. Keirstead

14. The challenges of Long-Distance Axon Regeneration in the Injured CNS

Daniel J. Chew, James W. Fawcett and Melissa R. Andrews

15. Schwann Cell Transplantation: A Repair Strategy for Spinal Cord Injury?

Ryan R. Wiliams and Mary Bartlett Bunge

16. Generation of Motor Neurons from Pluripotent Stem Cells

Peter H. Chipman, Jeremy S. Toma and Victor F. Rafuse

17. Transplantation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in ALS Letizia Mazzini, Alessandro Vercelli, Ivana Ferrero, Marina Boido, Roberto Cantello and Franca Fagioli