Growth Factors as Drugs for Neurological and Sensory Disorders

Partial table of contents: Motor Neuron Disease and Model Systems: Aetiologies, Mechanisms and Therapies (D. Price, et al.). Potential Utility of rhIGF-1 in Neuromuscular and/or Degenerative Disease (J. Vaught, et al.). Development of Neurotrophic Factor Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease (F. Hefti, et al.). Somatic Gene Therapy for Nervous System Disease (M. Tuszynski & F. Gage). Neurotrophic Factors in the Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathy (S. Apfel & J. Kessler). Growth Factors in the Treatment of Degenerative Retinal Disorders (T. Reh, et al.). Growth Factors as Potential Drugs for the Sensory Epithelia of the Ear (J. Corwin, et al.). The Problems of Delivering Neuroactive Molecules to the CNS (S. Tan & P. Aebischer). Closing Remarks (J. Kessler). Indexes.