Growth factors as drugs for neurological and sensory disorders

Degeneration of sensory receptors or of the nerves innervating them leads to a sensory deficit. Various strategies have been tried for promoting regrowth of sensory receptors, particularly in the eye and ear. The latest data from experimental studies in animals are presented in the book including ap...

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Corporate Authors: Symposium on Growth Factors as Drugs for Neurological and Sensory Disorders Ciba Foundation; Ciba Foundation
Group Author: Bock, Gregory; Goode, Jamie
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Ciba Foundation symposium ; 196
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470514863
Summary: Degeneration of sensory receptors or of the nerves innervating them leads to a sensory deficit. Various strategies have been tried for promoting regrowth of sensory receptors, particularly in the eye and ear. The latest data from experimental studies in animals are presented in the book including applications of BDNF and CNTF in the eye and epidermal growth factor in the ear.
Item Description: Proceedings of the Symposium on Growth Factors as Drugs for Neurological and Sensory Disorders, held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 25-27 April 1995.
Editors: Gregory R. Bock and Jamie A. Goode.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix, 253 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9780470514863
0470514868
9780470514870 (electronic bk.)
0470514876 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: RC394
CLC: R971
Contents: Motor neuron disease and model systems : aetiologies, mechanisms and therapies / Donald L. Price, Vassilis E. Koliatsos, Philip C.-Y. Wong, Carlos A. Pardo, David R. Borchelt, Michael K. Lee, Don W. Cleveland, John W. Griffin, Paul N. Hoffman, Linda C. Cork and Sangram S. Sisodia -- Potential utility of rhIGF-1 in neuromuscular and/or degenerative disease / J.L. Vaught, P.C. Contreras, M.A. Glicksman and N.T. Neff -- Therapeutic potential of the neurotrophins and neurotrophin-CNTF combinations in peripheral neuropathies and motor neuron diseases / Ronald M. Lindsay -- Development of neurotro