Neurotherapy, 1st Edition
Section - Stem Cells
Jeffrey Macklis - Boston, USA Stem cell recruitement in the adult cortex following spinal cord injury
Scott Whittemore - Louisville, USA Application of embryonic stem cells in spinal cord repair
Peter Burbach - Utrecht, The Netherlands Molecular programming of stem cells into mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neurons
Ole Isacson - Belmont, USA Stem cell transplantation in Parkinson disease
Robin Ali - London, UK Retinal repair by transplantation of photoreceptors
Thomas Reh - Seattle, USA Efficient generation of retinal progenitor cells from human embryonic stem cells
Maurice Curtis - Gotenborg, Sweden Discovery of a rostral migratory stream in the adult human brain
Magdalena Götz - Munich, Germany Glial cells as stem cells ? a new view on reactive gliosis
Urban Lendahl - Stockholm, Sweden Molecular regulation of stem cell differentiation
Anders Björklund - Lund, Sweden Cell and gene therapy repair stategies for Parkinson disease
Section Immunotherapy and vaccination therapy
Roger Nitsch - Zurich, Switzerland Immunotherapy of Alzheimer's disease
Cynthia Lemere, Boston, USA Developing novel immunogens for effective and safe Alzheimer disease vaccine
Frank Baas - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Complement therapy promotes peripheral nerve regeneration
Philip Popovich - Columbus, USA T-cell and macrophage involvement in neuroregeneration
Hans van Noort - Rijswijk, The Netherlands Toll-like receptors in the CNS: implications for neurodegeneration and repair
Section Gene Therapy
Alan Harvey - Perth, Australia Gene therapy and transplantation in CNS repair: the visual system
Raymond Bartus - San Diego, USA Gene therapy for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease
Krys Bankiewicz - San Francisco, USA AAV-AADC gene therapy for Parkinson disease
Martijn Tannemaat - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Promoting regeneration of injured peripheral nerves and avulsed spinal ventral roots by gene therapy
Mimoun Azzouz - Sheffield, UK Gene therapy for ALS based on retrograde delivery of transgenes with equine LV vectors
Bill Hauswirth - Gainesville, USA Cone photoreceptor targeted gene therapy
Pharmacotherapy
Iqbal Sayeed - Atlanta, USA Progesterone as a neuroprotective factor in traumatic and ischemic brain injury
Stefan Gold - Los Angeles, USA Oestrogen and testosterone replacement therapies in neurologic and psychiatric disorders
Reinier Schlingemann - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Treatment of retinal diseases with VEGF antagonists
Hans-Werner Müller - Düsseldorf, Germany Pharmacological modification of the extracellular matrix to promote regeneration of the injured brain and spinal cord
Yvo Roos - Amsterdamdam, the Netherlands First aid for the brain: successful reanimation strategies after stroke
Fabrizio Benedetti - Turin, Italy Placebo responses in neurological disorders
Neuroprostheses
Thomas Stieglitz - Freiburg, Germany Brain-computer interfaces
Gerald Chader - Los Angeles, USA Visual performance with retinal prostheses
Vittorio Colletti - Verona, Italy Alternative neurosurgical approaches for auditory brain implants
Richard Normann - Salt Lake City, USA Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia
Edward Tehovnik ? Cambridge, MA, USA Microstimulation of the visual cortex to restore vision
Miguel Nicolelis - Durham, USA Control of artificial limb in monkeys: feedback by neural stimulation
Deep Brain Stimulation, FES and TMS
Alim-Louis Benabid - Grenoble, France Deep brain stimulation for neurological disorders: an historical perspective
Reggie Edgerton - Los Angeles, USA Potential for restoring neuromotor function via activity-dependent mechanisms
Vivian Mushahwar - Edmonton, Canada Intraspinal microstimulation and oscillating field stimulation
Damiaan Denys - Amsterdam, the Netherlands Deep brain stimulation: obsessive compulsive disorder
Diego Centonze - Rome, Italy Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex ameliorates spasticity in multiple sclerosis
Mechanisms of spontaneous plasticity and regeneration
Christian Lohmann ? Amsterdam, The Netherlands Simultaneous imaging of morphological plasticity and calcium dynamics in dendrites
Catherine Lubetzki - Paris, France Axonal signals in central nervous system demyelination: the semaphorins
Massimo Filippi - Milan, Italy Magnetic resonance techniques to quantify tissue damage, tissue repair and functional cortical reorganization in multiple sclerosis
Henning Voss - New York, USA Diffusion tensor imaging as a tool to study neuronal plasticity and regeneration
James Fawcett - Cambridge, UK Molecular control of brain plasticity and repair
