Essays on Peripheral Nerve Repair and Regeneration

Examines the advances in neuroscience with an emphasis on biological and chemical bases of neurological disease.

List of contents

1. Peripheral nerve repair and regeneration research: A historical note
   B. Battiston, P. Tos, I. Papalia, S. Geuna


2. Development of the peripheral nerve
   Suleyman Kaplan, Ersan Odaci, Bunyami Unal, Bunyamin Sahin, Michele Fornaro


3. Histology of the peripheral nerve and changes occurring during nerve regeneration
   S. Geuna, S. Raimondo, G. Ronchi, F. Di Scipio, P. Tos, M. Fornaro


4. Methods and protocols in peripheral nerve regeneration experimental research. Part I - Experimental models
   P. Tos, G. Ronchi, I. Papalia, V. Sellen, J. Lagagneaux, S. Geuna, M.G. Giacobini-Robecchi


5. Methods and protocols in peripheral nerve regeneration experimental research. Part II - Morphological techniques
   S. Raimondo, M. Fornaro, F. Di Scipio, G. Ronchi, M.G. Giacobini-Robecchi, S. Geuna


6. Methods and protocols in peripheral nerve regeneration experimental research. Part III - Electrophysiological evaluation
   X. Navarro and E. Udina


7. Methods and protocols in peripheral nerve regeneration experimental research. Part IV - Kinematic gait analysis to quantify peripheral nerve regeneration in the rat
   L.M. Costa, M.J. Simoes, A.C. Mauricio, A.S. Varejao.


8. Current techniques and concepts in peripheral nerve repair
   M. Siemionow, G. Brzezicki


9. Artificial scaffolds for nerve reconstruction
   Valeria Chiono, Chiara Tonda-Turo, and Gianluca Ciardelli


10. Conduit Luminal Additives for Peripheral Nerve Repair
    Hede Yan, Feng Zhang, Michael B. Chen, William C. Lineaweaver


11. Tissue engineering of peripheral nerves
    B. Battiston, S. Raimondo, P. Tos, V. Gaidano, C. Audisio, I. Perroteau, S. Geuna.


12. Mechanisms underlying end-to-side nerve regeneration
    E. Bontioti and L.B. Dahlin.


13. Experimental results in end-to-side nerve neurorrhaphy
    A.E. Beris and M.G. Lykissas
    
14. End-to-side nerve regeneration: From the laboratory bench to clinical applications
    P. Tos, S. Artiaco, I. Papalia, I. Marcoccio, S. Geuna, B. Battiston
    
15. Novel pharmacological approaches to Schwann Cells as neuroprotective agent for peripheral nerve regeneration
    V. Magnaghi, P. Procacci, A.M. Tata
16. Melatonin and nerve regeneration
    E. Odaci, S. Kaplan


17. Transthyretin: an enhancer of nerve regeneration
    C.E. Fleming, F. Milhazes Mar, F. Franquinho, M.M. Sousa


18. Enhancement of nerve regeneration and recovery by immunosuppressive agents
    D.P. Kuffler


19. The role of collagen in peripheral nerve repair
    G. Koopmans, B. Hasse, N. Sinis
20. Gene Therapy perspectives for nerve repair
    S. Zacchigna, M. Giacca
21. Use of stem cells for improving nerve regeneration
    G. Terenghi, M. Wiberg, P.J. Kingham
22. Transplantation of olfactory ensheating cells for peripheral nerve regeneration
    C. Radtke, J.D. Kocsis, P.M. Vogt
23. Manual stimulation of target muscles has different impact on functional recovery after injury of pure motor or mixed nerves
    N. Sinis, T. Manoli, F. Werdin, A. Kraus, H-E. Schaller, O. Guntinas-Lichius, M. Grosheva, A. Irintchev, E. Skouras, S. Dunlop, D.N. Angelov.
24. Electrical stimulation for improving nerve regeneration: Where do we stand?
    T. Gordon, O. Sulaiman, A. Ladak
    
25. Phototherapy in Peripheral Nerve Injury Effects on Muscle Preservation and Nerve Regeneration
    S. Rochkind, S. Geuna, A. Shainberg
    
26. Age-related differences in the reinnervation after peripheral nerve injury
    U. Kovacic, J. Sketelj, F.F. Bajrovic
27. Neural plasticity after nerve injury and regeneration
    X. Navarro
28. Future perspective in peripheral nerve reconstruction
    L. Dahlin, F. Johansson, C. Lindwall, M. Kanje

Product details

• Authors: Bruno Battiston, Stefano Geuna, Stefano Tos Geuna, Pierluigi Tos
• Assisted by: Bruno Battiston (Editor), Battiston Bruno (Editor), Stefano Geuna (Editor), Stefano (Universita' di Torino Geuna (Editor), Geuna Stefano (Editor), Pierluigi Tos (Editor), Tos Pierluigi (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2009
• EAN: 9780123750846
• ISBN: 978-0-12-375084-6
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: International Review of Neurobiology; International Review of Neurob; International Review of Neurobiology; International Review of Neurob
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology