Neural Stem Cells for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair

I: Stem Cells for and from the CNS: Their Source and Fundamental Properties.- 1 • Sources of Cells for CNS Therapy.- 2 • Neural Stem Cells and Their Plasticity.- 3 • Identification, Selection, and Use of Adult Human Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells.- 4 • Generation, Characterization, and Transplantation of Immortalized Human Neural Crest Stem Cells.- 5 • The Search for Neural Progenitors in Bone Marrow and Umbilical Cord Blood.- II: In Vitro and/or In Vivo Manipulations of Stem/Progenitor Cells for the CNS.- 6 • Signal Transduction Pathways That Regulate Neural Stem Cell Division and Differentiation.- 7 • Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Clones or “Neurospheres”: A Model for Understanding Neuromorphogenesis.- 8 • Neural Stem Cells and Specification of Cell Fates: Biological and Therapeutical Perspectives.- 9 • Manipulation of Neural Precursors In Situ: Potential for Brain Self-Repair.- 10 • Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Hippocampus.- III: Stem/Progenitor Cells in Representative TherapeuticParadigms for the CNS.- 11 • Global Gene and Cell Replacement Strategies via Stem Cells.- 12 • Neural Stem Cells in and from the Spinal Cord.- 13 • Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury.- 14 • Spinal Ischemia-Induced Paraplegia: A Potential Therapeutical Role of Spinally GraftedNeural Precursors and Human hNT Neurons.- 15 • Utilization of Marrow Stromal Cells for Gene Transfer into the CNS.- 16 • Preclinical Basis for Use of NT2N Cells in Neural Transplantation Therapy.