Neural Stem Cells

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Neural Stem Cell Models of Development and Disease

   • K. Sue O’Shea

   Pages 1-54

3. Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells: Lineage and Cell Fate Determination

   • Stephen N. Sansom, Sabhi Rahman, Uruporn Thammongkol, Frederick J. Livesey

   Pages 55-93

4. Stage-Specific and Cell Fate Markers

   • Ichiro Nakano, Harley I. Kornblum

   Pages 95-126

5. Isolation of Stem Cells from Multiple Sites in the CNS

   • Mahendra S. Rao, Larysa Pevny

   Pages 127-153

6. Neural Cells Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells

   • Mark J. Tomishima, Lorenz Studer

   Pages 155-180

7. On the Origin of Newly Made Neural Cells in the Adult Organism: Does Transdifferentiation Occur?

   • Éva Mezey

   Pages 181-206

8. Neural Stem Cell Purification and Clonal Analysis

   • Alexandra Capela, Stanley Tamaki, Nobuko Uchida

   Pages 207-229

9. Embryonic and Neural Stem Cell Lines

   • Ryan M. Fryer, Mahesh Lachyankar, Steven R. Gullans, Evan Y. Snyder

   Pages 231-269

10. Isolation, Survival, Proliferation, and Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cells

    • Beatriz Navarro, Ana Villa, Isabel Liste, Carlos Bueno, Alberto Martínez-Serrano

    Pages 271-298

11. Neuronal Replacement by Transplantation

    • Daniel J. Guillaume, Su-Chun Zhang

    Pages 299-328

12. Derivation of Myelin-forming Cells for Transplantation Repair of the CNS

    • Ian D. Duncan, Yoichi Kondo

    Pages 329-353

13. Induction of Adult Cortical Neurogenesis From Neural Precursors In Situ

    • Paola Arlotta, Jinhui Chen, Sanjay S. P. Magavi, Jeffrey D. Macklis

    Pages 355-377

14. Neural Stem Cells for Cellular Therapy in Humans

    • Mary B. Newman, Thomas B. Freeman, Cyndy D. Davis, Paul R. Sanberg

    Pages 379-411

15. Genetic Modification of Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells

    • Ping Wu, Weidong Xiao

    Pages 413-445

16. Back Matter

    Pages 447-473

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Neural Stem Cells: Development and Transplantation provides comprehensive, critical and insightful reviews by leading experts in this exciting field of research. This volume will provide the latest data on neural stem cell properties and their therapeutic applications.
This volume will be particularly useful for students, basic scientists, and clinicians in the academic or industrial sectors who have an interest in understanding neural development and its application to repairing the nervous system.

• Neuron
• cell
• development
• embryo
• nervous system
• neural stem cells
• neurogenesis
• stem cells
• system
• transplantation

• Marine Biomedical Institute and Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

  Jane E. Bottenstein

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