Brain Repair : Proceedings of an International Symposium at the Wenner-Gren Center, Stockholm, 24-27 May, 1989

Front Matter....Pages i-xii Molecules Involved in Trophic Neuron-Neuron Interaction....Pages 1-10 Trophic Control of Central Cholinergic Neuron Development In Vitro....Pages 11-25 Trophic Factor Deprivation Causes Neuronal Death via an Active Process Modulated by Intracellular Calcium....Pages 27-40 The Structure and Expression of the Nerve Growth Factor Receptors....Pages 41-55 Activity and Immunological Properties of Recombinant Nerve Growth Factor (β-NGF)....Pages 57-71 Expression of β-Nerve Growth Factor and its Receptor in the Mammalian Central Nervous System....Pages 73-86 Strategies to Increase NGF Levels and Effects thereof on Lesioned and Grafted Brain Tissue....Pages 87-98 Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) in the Central Nervous System: Implications for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 99-112 Functions of NGF on Central Cholinergic Neurons....Pages 113-131 Reduction of Post-lesional Atrophy by Transplants of Fetal Cerebral Cortical Tissue. Host-Transplant Nerve Connections and Trophic Factors....Pages 133-143 Myelin-associated Inhibitory Substrate Components: Role in CNS Regeneration....Pages 145-153 Rat Brain Astrocyte Mitogen Inhibitors and Glial Reaction....Pages 155-166 Development and Long-term Survival of Brain Neurons in Culture: Role of Astroglia-Derived Neurotrophic and Neurite-promoting Factors, Neuronal Cell/Contact Density and Bioelectrical Activity....Pages 167-174 GAP-43: A Gene for Neuronal Remodeling....Pages 175-184 Laminin Receptors: From PC12 Cells to PNS....Pages 185-197 Axonal Pathfinding in the Developing Spinal Cord: Involvement of the Floor Plate in Chemotropic and Contact Guidance....Pages 199-211 Segmentation and Neuronal Development in Vertebrate Embryos....Pages 213-224 The Role of Neuronal Dynamics and Positional Cues in the Patterning of Nerve Connections....Pages 225-235 Regeneration of Adult Rat and Chicken Retinal Ganglion Cell Axons in vitro....Pages 237-249 Axonal Regeneration and Synapse Formation in the Injured CNS of Adult Mammals....Pages 251-271 Specificity of Anatomical and Functional Regeneration of Sensory Fibers in the Amphibian Spinal Cord....Pages 273-284 Reorganization of Retinogeniculate Connections in the Cat Following Damage to the Visual Cortex....Pages 285-307 Visual Processing by Novel, Surgically Induced Neural Circuits....Pages 309-325 Developmental and Functional Integration of Retinal Transplants with Host Rat Brains....Pages 327-340 Fetal Striatal Transplants in the Ibotenate Lesioned Striatum of Adult Rats: Specific Anatomical Integration between Graft and Host....Pages 341-353 Functional Analysis of Neural Grafts in the Neostriatum....Pages 355-373 Back Matter....Pages 375-385 The proceedings of a symposium that took place in May 1989 in Stockholm, this text covers aspects of experimental surgical techniques, investigations, cell culture, development and gene expression that are new to this field.