Neural Stem Cells : Methods and Protocols

1. Neural Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells
O'Shea, K. Sue
pp. 03-14
2. Production and Analysis of Neurospheres from Acutely
Dissociated and Postmortem CNS Specimens
Laywell, Eric D.; Kukekov, Valery G.; Suslov, Oleg; Zheng, Tong;
Steindler, Dennis A.
pp. 015-028
3. Isolation of Stem and Precursor Cells from Fetal Tissue
Wu, Yuan Y.; Mujtaba, Tahmina; Rao, Mahendra S.
pp. 029-040
4. Olfactory Ensheathing Cells :Isolation and Culture from the
Rat Olfactory Bulb
Barnett, Susan C.; Roskams, A. Jane
pp. 041-048
5. Culturing Olfactory Ensheathing Glia from the Mouse
Olfactory Epithelium
Au, Edmund; Roskams, A. Jane
pp. 049-054
6. Production of Immortalized Human Neural Crest Stem Cells
Kim, Seung U.; Nakagawa, Eiji; Hatori, Kozo; Nagai, Atsushi;
Lee, Myung A.; Bang, Jung H.
pp. 055-066
7. Adult Rodent Spinal Cord Derived Neural Stem
Cells :Isolation and Characterization
Shihabuddin, Lamya S.
pp. 067-078
8. Preparation of Neural Progenitors from Bone Marrow and
Umbilical Cord Blood
Song, Shijie; Sanchez-Ramos, J.
pp. 079-088
9. Seeding Neural Stem Cells on Scaffolds of PGA, PLA, and
Their Copolymers
Lavik, Erin; Teng, Yang D.; Snyder, Evan; Langer, Robert
pp. 89-98
10. Analysis of Cell Generation in the Telencephalic
Neuroepithelium
Takahashi, Takao; Caviness, Verne S.; Bhide, Pradeep G.
pp. 101-114
11. Clonal Analyses and Cryopreservation of Neural Stem Cell
Cultures
Vescovi, Angelo L.; Galli, Rossella; Gritti, Angela
pp. 115-124
12. Assessing the Involvement of Telomerase in Stem Cell
Biology
Mattson, Mark P.; Zhang, Peisu; Fu, Weiming
pp. 125-136
13. Detection of Telomerase Activity in Neural Cells
Prowse, Karen R.
pp. 137-148
14. In Vitro Assays for Neural Stem Cell Differentiation
Daadi, Marcel M.
pp. 149-156
15. Electron Microscopy and Lac-Z Labeling
Kosaras, Bela; Snyder, Evan
pp. 157-176
16. Techniques for Studying the Electrophysiology of Neurons
Derived from Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells
Magnuson, David S. K.; Morassutti, Dante J.
pp. 179-186
17. Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization
Tate, Barbara A.; Ostroff, Rachel L.
pp. 189-196
18. RT-PCR Analyses of Differential Gene Expression in ES-
Derived Neural Stem Cells
Gratsch, Theresa E.
pp. 197-212
19. Differential Display: Isolation of Novel Genes
Gratsch, Theresa E.
pp. 213-222
20. Cell Labeling and Gene Misexpression by Electroporation
Van Raay, Terence J.; Stark, Michael R.
pp. 223-232
21. Gene Therapy Using Neural Stem Cells
Conti, Luciano; Cattaneo, Elena
pp. 233-244
22. Modeling Brain Pathologies Using Neural Stem Cells
Sipione, Simonetta; Cattaneo, Elena
pp. 245-262
23. Activation and Differentiation of Endogenous Neural Stem
Cell Progeny in the Rat Parkinson Animal Model
Daadi, Marcel M.
pp. 265-272
24. Identification of Musashi1-Positive Cells in Human Normal
and Neoplastic Neuroepithelial Tissues by Immunohistochemical
Methods
Kanemura, Yonehiro; Sakakibara, Shin-ichi; Okano, Hideyuki
pp. 273-282
25. Identification of Newborn Cells by BrdU Labeling and
Immunocytochemistry In Vivo
Magavi, Sanjay S. P.; Macklis, Jeffrey D.
pp. 283-290
26. Immunocytochemical Analysis of Neuronal Differentiation
Magavi, Sanjay S. P.; Macklis, Jeffrey D.
pp. 291-298
27. Neuroanatomical Tracing of Neuronal Projections with
Fluoro-Gold
Catapano, Lisa A.; Magavi, Sanjay S. P.; Macklis, Jeffrey D.
pp. 299-304
28. Labeling Stem Cells In Vitro for Identification of Their
Differentiated Phenotypes After Grafting into the CNS
Cao, Qi-lin; Onifer, Stephen M.; Whittemore, Scott R.
pp. 307-318
29. Optimizing Stem Cell Grafting into the CNS
Whittemore, Scott R.; Zhang, Y. Ping; Shields, Christopher B.;
Morassutti, Dante J.; Magnuson, David S. K.
pp. 319-326
30. Vision-Guided Technique for Cell Transplantation and
Injection of Active Molecules into Rat and Mouse Embryos
Magrassi, Lorenzo
pp. 327-340
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