Volume 105: Axon Growth and Regeneration: Part 1, 1st Edition

Key Features

Leading authors review state-of-the-art in their field of investigation and provide their views and perspectives for future research
Chapters are extensively referenced to provide readers with a comprehensive list of resources on the topics covered
All chapters include comprehensive background information and are written in a clear form that is also accessible to the non-specialist

Description

Published since 1959, International Review of Neurobiology is a well-known series appealing to neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists. Led by an internationally renowned editorial board, this important serial publishes both eclectic volumes made up of timely reviews and thematic volumes that focus on recent progress in a specific area of neurobiology research. This volume reviews existing theories and current research surrounding Axon Growth and Regeneration.

Axon Growth and Regeneration: Part 1, 1st Edition

1. PTEN/mTOR

2. Neurotrophins

3. Signaling endosomes

4. Integrins

5. Gatekeeper between quiescence and differentiation: p53 in axonal outgrowth and neurogenesis

6. Chromatin remodeling

7. Molecular Control of Axon Growth: Insights from Comparative Gene Profiling and High Throughput Screening

8. Electrical activity

9. Combinatorial therapy stimulates long-distance regeneration, target reinnervation, and partial recovery of vision after optic nerve injury in mice

10. Rho-family dynamics

11. Translation to the clinic

12. Optic Nerve Disease and Axon Pathophysiology

13. Signaling/CDKs

14. Inflammatory pathways in spinal cord injury