Plasticity and Regeneration of the Nervous System

ISBN-13: 9781468480498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 365 str.

Paola S. Timiras; Alain M. Privat; Ezio Giacobini

Opis

One of the most impressive advances in the field of neuroscience over the last decade has been the accumulation of data on plasticity and regeneration in the nervous system of mammals. The book represents the contribution of a qroup of neuroscientists to this rapidly expanding field, through a Conference organized by the Institute of Developmental Neuroscience and Aging (IDNA). The meeting was held in Torino, Italy during April 1990 in honor of a great pioneer in the field of Neuroembryology, Professor Guido Filogamo. His introduction of the concept of neuroplasticity has had a significant impact on the study of neurobiology. This volume is divided into six sections, each focusing on one of the subject areas covered during the meeting Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Central and Peripheral Nervous System Development; Hormones, - Growth Factors, Heurotransmi tters, Xenobiotics and Development; In Vivo and in Vitro models of Development; Development and Regulation of Glia; Regeneration; and Aging.

Spis treści

Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Central and Peripheral Nervous System Development.- New Molecular Insights on the Development of the Peripheral Nervous System.- DNA Content Revealed by Cytophotometry in Neurons: Variability Related to Neuroplasticity.- Prenatal Development of the Rat Amygdaloid Complex: An Electron Microscopic Study.- Recent Findings on the Regulation of Axonal Calibre.- Hormones, Neurotransmitters, Xenobiotics, and Development.- The Biogenic Monoamines as Regulators of Early (Pre-Nervous) Embryogenesis: New Data.- Hormone-Dependent Plasticity of the Motoneurons of the Ischiocavernosus Muscle: An Ultrastructural Study.- Reactive Sprouting (Pruning Effect) Is Altered in the Brain of Rats Perinatally Exposed to Morphine.- Effects of Serotonin on Tyrosine Hydroxylase and Tau Protein in a Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line.- Critical Periods of Neuroendocrine Development: Effects of Prenatal Xenobiotics.- In Vivo and in Vitro Models of Development.- Cell Plasticity During In Vitro Differentiation of a Human Neuroblastoma Cell Line.- LN-10, A Brain Derived cDNA Clone: Studies Related to CNS Development.- Spinal Cord Slices with Attached Dorsal Root Ganglia: A Culture Model for the Study of Pathogenicity of Encephalitic Viruses.- Human Fetal Brain Cultures: A Model to Study Neural Proliferation, Differentiation, and Immunocompetence.- Development and Regulation of Glia.- Origin of Microglia and Their Regulation by Astroglia.- Neuronal-Astrocytic Interactions in Brain Development, Brain Function, and Brain Disease.- Structure and Function of Glia Maturation Factor Beta.- Neuromodulatory Actions of Glutamate, GABA and Taurine: Regulatory Role of Astrocytes.- C-6 Glioma Cells of Early Passage Have Progenitor Properties in Culture.- Regeneration.- Brain Extracellular Matrix and Nerve Regeneration.- Human Nerve Growth Factor: Biological and Immunological Activities, and Clinical Possibilities in Neurodegenerative Disease.- Schwann Cell Proliferation During Postnatal Development, Wallerian Degeneration and Axon Regeneration in Trembler Dysmyelinating Mutants.- Basic FGF and its Actions on Neurons: A Group Account with Special Emphasis on the Parkinsonian Brain.- Molecular and Morphological Correlates Following Neuronal Deafferentiation: A Cortico-Striatal Model.- Monosialoganglioside GM1 and Modulation of Neuronal Plasticity in CNS Repair Processes.- Nerve Growth Factor in CNS Repair and Regeneration.- Aging.- Ordered Disorder in the Aged Brain.- Plasticity in Expression of Co-Transmitters and Autonomic Nerves in Aging and Disease.- Nicotinic Cholinergic Receptors in Human Brain: Effects of Aging and Alzheimer.- Macromolecular Changes in the Aging Brain.- ADP-Ribosylation: Approach to Molecular Basis of Aging.- Mechanisms of Cell Death.