Cell Biology and Pathology of Myelin Evolving Biological Concepts and Therapeutic Approaches - Juurlink, Bernhard H.J.; Devon, Richard M.; Doucette, J. Ronald; Nazarali, Adil J.; Schreyer, David J.; Verge, Valerie M.K.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1997)
Myelin as a Dynamic Structure -- 1. Structure and Function of Myelin, an Extended and Biochemically Modified Cell Surface Membrane -- 2. Myelin Basic Protein, the "Executive" Molecule of the Myelin Membrane -- 3. Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein: Ligand and/or Receptor -- 4. Myelin/Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein: A Molecular Analysis -- 5. Molecular Biology of Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies -- 6. Mutations of the Proteolipid Protein Gene: A Molecular Mechanism of CNS Dysmyelination -- 7. Myelin Proteins as Mediators of Signal Transduction -- 8. CNP in Myelination: Overexpression Alters Oligodendrocyte Morphogenesis -- 9. The Role of the Gap Junction Protein Connexin32 in the Myelin Sheath -- 10. The Role of Myelin Po Protein -- Factors Controlling the Expression of the Myelinating Phenotype -- 11. Posttranscriptional Regulation of Myelin Basic Protein Gene Expression -- 12. Molecular Control of Myelin Basic Protein Gene Expression -- 13. Role of cAMP during the Process of Demyelination and Remyelination in Peripheral Nerve -- 14. Characterization of an Axonal Protein Involved in Myelination -- 15. Do Secretory Pathway SNARE Proteins Mediate Myelinogenesis? -- 16. Expression of the PLP Gene and a PLP-LacZ Transgene in Oligodendrocytes -- 17. Developmental Regulation of Schwann Cell Precursors and Schwann Cell Generation -- 18. Protein Kinase C Regulates Process Formation by Oligodendrocytes -- 19. Mechanism of Adhesion-Induced Regeneration/Differentiation of Oligodendrocytes -- 20. A Procedure for Isolating Schwann Cells Developed for Analysis of the Mouse Embryonic Lethal Mutation NF1 -- 21. Expansion of Oligodendrocyte Progenitors for Myelin Repair -- 22. Generation of Oligodendrocyte Precursors from Human Neural Cells in Vitro -- Promoting Functional Recovery in White Matter -- 23. Recent Insights into the Cellular Biology of Remyelination: Implications for Multiple Sclerosis -- 24. Characterising the Adult Human Oligodendrocyte Progenitor -- 25. The Repair of Central Nervous System Myelin: Cell Biology and Pharmacologic Action of Remyelination-Promoting Autoantibodies -- 26. Inhibition of Human and Rat Glial Cell Function by Anti-Inflammatory Cytokines, Antioxidants, and Elevators of cAMP -- 27. Oligodendrocytes and Axonal Regrowth: A Double-Edged Sword -- 28. Functional Repair of Myelinated Fibers in the Spinal Cord by Transplantation of Glial Cells -- 29. Axonal Regeneration in the Fish and Amphibian CNS: Myelin-Associated Neurite Growth Inhibitors and Adaptive Plasticity of Glial Cells -- 30. Role of MAG as an Axon Growth Inhibitory Protein for Regeneration of Injured Neurons in the CNS -- 31. Schwann Cells as Facilitators of Axonal Regeneration in CNS Fiber Tracts -- 32. Olfactory Ensheathing Cells Can Be Induced to Express a Myelinating Phenotype -- 33. Overcoming Myelin-Associated Inhibition of Axonal Regeneration after CNS Injury -- Abstract -- Contributors.
Keywords: Neurology .; Human anatomy; Neurology; Anatomy