Stem Cells and Neurodegenerative Diseases
Title | Stem Cells and Neurodegenerative Diseases PDF eBook |
Author | Laurent Lescaudron |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2014-03-17 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1482210738 |
This book explores the potential of stem cells for ameliorating the quality of life of patients with neurological and neurodegenerative diseases. It discusses results of pre-clinical investigations and case studies on the effects of stem cell transplantation on cell death, as well as to promote/stimulate neuroprotection after brain and spinal cord injury through trophic support, cell replacement and remyelination. The book covers the maintenance of the balance between stem cells and their progenitors within their niche, both under normal and degenerative processes and with ischemic stroke, multiple sclerosis, and brain tumor.
Stem Cell-based Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Title | Stem Cell-based Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases PDF eBook |
Author | Fabin Han |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2020-10-26 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9811543704 |
This book reviews the state-of-the-art in stem-cell-based therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, and highlights advances in both animal models and clinical trials. It comprehensively discusses most neurodegenerative diseases, including such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington’s diseases, amyotrophic sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and retinal degeneration, in which stem cells could potentially be used for therapy in the future. It also addresses the challenges and problems relating to the translation of stem-cell-based therapies into treatments. As such, the book will appeal to research scientists, physicians, graduate students, and medical professionals in the field of stem cells, neuroscience, neurology, neurorestoratology and major neurological disorders.
Neural Stem Cells In Health And Disease
Title | Neural Stem Cells In Health And Disease PDF eBook |
Author | Ashok K Shetty |
Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Company |
Pages | 573 |
Release | 2015-08-28 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9814623199 |
This book is a comprehensive guide on neural stem cell behavior in health and disease. The book confers the altered behavior of endogenous neural stem cells in neurodegenerative disease conditions and the prospects of neural stem cell therapy for alleviating brain dysfunction in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders.Neural stem cell activity and neurogenesis in the adult brain is now confirmed in virtually all mammalian species including humans. Hence, a series of chapters in the first half of the book discusses the current knowledge on mechanisms of neural stem cell activity, the extent and functional significance of neurogenesis in the adult brain under normal, aged and disease environments, the susceptibility of neural stem cells and the plasticity of neurogenesis to alcohol, drugs of abuse and anesthetic agents, and advanced techniques that trigger neurogenesis in non-neurogenic regions.A second series of chapters in this book are focused on discussing the promise and efficacy of grafting of neural stem cells and/or other stem cells for treating neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease, stroke, temporal lobe epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease and spinal cord injury. The final chapter confers on advances that are made in manufacturing a variety of neural cell types from human pluripotent stem cells that can be used as donor cells for cell transplantation.
Applications of Stem Cells and Derived Exosomes in Neurodegenerative Disorders
Title | Applications of Stem Cells and Derived Exosomes in Neurodegenerative Disorders PDF eBook |
Author | Sadaf Jahan |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 336 |
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ISBN | 9819938481 |
Stem Cells in Neurodegeneration: Disease Modeling and Therapeutics
Title | Stem Cells in Neurodegeneration: Disease Modeling and Therapeutics PDF eBook |
Author | Kim A. Staats |
Publisher | Frontiers Media SA |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2021-08-17 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 288971182X |
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases
Title | Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases PDF eBook |
Author | Israel Hanin |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 690 |
Release | 2013-06-29 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1475791453 |
This book represents the third in a series of International Conferences related to Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's (PD) diseases. The first one took place in Eilat, Israel, in 1985; and the second one in Kyoto, Japan, in 1989. This book contains the full text of oral and poster presentations from the Third International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases: Recent Developments, held in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. on November 1-6, 1993. The Chicago Conference was attended by 270 participants. The Scientific Program was divided into nine oral sessions, a keynote presentation, and a poster session. The conference culminated in a Round Table Discussion involving all of the participants in the conference. The four and one-half day meeting served as an excellent medium for surveying the current status of clinical and preclinical developments in AD and PD. There were 59 oral presentations and 93 posters. This book incorporates a majority of both.
Stem Cells in Modeling Human Genetic Diseases
Title | Stem Cells in Modeling Human Genetic Diseases PDF eBook |
Author | Mayana Zatz |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 157 |
Release | 2015-08-11 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319183141 |
While most stem cell books focus on basic aspects and/or cell therapy, this book emphasizes the relevance of stem cells obtained from patients, the so-called “patients in a petri dish” as tools to investigate human genetic diseases for which there are no available effective treatment. Chapters embrace several examples of the use of iPS cell technology, a recent Nobel Prize-winning scientific breakthrough, to obtain patient-specific pluripotent cells from which many types of specialized cells involved in a particular disease can be generated, including psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, muscular dystrophies, laminopathies, among others. The text is a current and timely resource for postgraduate students, scientists and clinicians, interested in applications of this rapidly developing field of research in disease modeling, drug development, and emerging issues that it brings to regenerative medicine.