Chapter 1 - Introduction - Mark H. Tuszynski
Section 1: Molecular Approaches
Chapter 2 - Gene Therapy of CNS Disorders using Recombinant AAV vectors - Giridhar Murlidharan, R. Jude Samulski and Aravind Asokan
Chapter 3 - NGF and BDNF Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease - Alan H. Nagahara and Mark H. Tuszynski
Chapter 4 - GDNF and AADC Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease - Krystof Bankiewicz, Waldy San Sebastian, Lluis Samaranch and John Forsayeth
Chapter 5 - GAD Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease - Michael G. Kaplitt and Matthew J. During
Chapter 6 - Anti-sense Oligonucleotides
for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Wade K. Self and Timothy M. Miller Chapter 7 - Gene therapy for Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Batten Disease - Dolan Sondhi, Ronald G. Crystal and Stephen M. Kaminsky
Chapter 8 - Gene Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury - Ioana Goganau and Armin Blesch
Chapter 9 - Gene Therapy for Epilepsy - Thomas J. McCown
Chapter 10 - Gene therapy for Pain - Darren Wolfe, David Krisky, James Goss, James Wechuck, Marina Mata and David J. Fink
Section 2: Cellular Approaches
Chapter 11 - Stem Cells for Parkinson's Disease - Andrés Bratt-Leal and Jeanne F. Loring
quot;serif"">Chapter 12 - Could Stem Cells be used to treat or model Alzheimer's Disease? - Edsel M. Abud and Mathew Blurton-Jones Chapter 13 - Stem cells for Amyotrophic Late
ral Sclerosis - Anthony Donsante, Lindsey Nicole Urquia and Nicholas M. Boulis Chapter 14 - Stem cells for Multiple Sclerosis - Pamela Sarkar and Neil Scolding
Chapter 15 - Cell Therapy for Pediatric Disorders of Glia - Joana M. Osorio and Steven A. Goldman Chapter 16 - Neural Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury - Paul Lu, Ruhel Amhad
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Chapter 18 - Glioma Stem Cells - Regina Teresa Martuscello, Brent Reynolds and Santosh Kesari
Section 3: Novel Pharmacological Approaches
Chapter 19 - Discovery of Potent Gamma Secretase Modulators for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease - Kevin D. Rynearson, Rudolph E. Tanzi and Steven L. Wagner
Chapter 20 - Blocking the Nogo-A signalling pathway to promote regeneration and pla
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Chapter 22 - Voltage-gated ion channels as molecula
r targets for pain - Gerald W. Zamponi, Chongyang Han and Stephen G. Waxman Section 4: Activity-Dependent Plasticity and Neurorehabilitation
Chapter 23 - Rehabilitation-dependent neural plasticity after Spinal Cord Injury -
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Chapter 25 - Why is Fu
nctional Electrical Stimulation Therapy Capable of Restoring Motor Function Following Severe Injury to the Central Nervous System? - Mary K. Nagai, Cesar Marquez-Chin and Milos R. Popovic Chapter 26 - Deep Brain Stimulation for Neuropsychiatric Disorders - Ausaf A. Bari, Nicolas Kon Kam King, Nir Lipsman and Andres M. Lozano
Chapter 27 - Novel Interventions for Stroke: Nervous System Cooling - Patrick D. Lyden, Jessica Lamb and Padmesh S. Rajput
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About the Author:
Mark H. Tuszynski, MD, PhD, is a professor of neurosciences and founding director of the Translational Neuroscience Institute at the University of California - San Diego, and a neurologist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in La Jolla, California. He received his undergraduate and MD degrees from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, completed neurology residency at Cornell University Medical Center / The New York Hospital, and subsequently received a PhD in neuroscience from the University of California - San Diego. Dr. Tuszynski studies basic and translational aspects of neurodegenerative disorders and neurotrauma, and the biological basis of learning and memory.
