Functional Neural Transplantation III

<ol> <li>Preface</li> <p>Stephen Dunnett and Anders Björklund</p> <p> <li>Transplantation in the Future</li> <p>Fred H. Gage</p> <p> <li>Ethical Challenges for Using Human Cells in Clinical Cell Therapy</li> <p>Göran Hermerén</p> <p> <li>Banking Stem Cells for Research and Clinical Applications</li> <p>Glyn Stacey</p> <p> <li>Survival, Differentiation and Connectivity of Ventral Mesencephalic Dopamine Neurons following Transplantation</li> <p>Lachlan Thompson and Anders Björklund</p> <p> <li>Electrophysiological Investigations of Synaptic Connectivity between Host and Graft Neurons</li> <p>Jan Tønnesen <SUP></SUP>and Merab Kokaia </p> <p> <li>Nigral Grafts in Animal Models of Parkinson’s Disease. Is Recovery beyond Motor Function Possible?</li> <p>Mariah J. Lelos, Eilís Dowd and Stephen B. Dunnett</p> <p> <li>L-DOPA- and Graft-Induced Dyskinesia following Transplantation</li> <p>Emma L. Lane and Christian Winkler </p> <p> <li>Current Status of Clinical Trials of Neural Transplantation in Parkinson’s Disease</li> <p>Jonathan R Evans, Sarah L Mason and Roger A Barker</p> <p> <li>In vivo Imaging of the Integration and Function of Nigral Grafts in Clinical Trials</li> <p>Marios Politis and Paola Piccini</p> <p> <li>Neuropathology in Transplants in Parkinson’s Disease: Implications for Disease Pathogenesis and the Future of Cell Therapy</li> <p>Patrik Brundin and Jeffrey H. Kordower<SUP> </p></SUP> <p> <li>Derivation of Dopaminergic Neurons from Pluripotent Stem Cells</li> <p>Lorenz Studer</p> <p> <li>Characterization and Criteria of Embryonic Stem and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for a Dopamine Replacement Therapy</li> <p>Oliver Cooper, Malin Parmar and Ole Isacson<SUP> </SUP></p> <p> <li>Skilled Motor Control for the Preclinical Assessment of Functional Deficits and Recovery following Nigral and Striatal Cell Transplantation</li> <p>Alexander Klein and Ian Q. Whishaw </p> <p> <li>Role of Experience, Training and Plasticity in the Functional Efficacy of Striatal Transplants</li> <p>Máté D. Döbrössy and Guido Nikkhah</p> <p> <li>In vivo Imaging of Integration and Function of Striatal Grafts in Rodent and Non-Human Primate Animal Models</li> <p>Philippe Hantraye and Romina Aron Badin</p> <p> <li>Clinical Trials of Neural Transplantation in Huntington’s Disease</li> <p>Anne E. Rosser and Anne-Catherine Bachoud-Lévi</p> <p> <li>Derivation of Striatal Neurons from Human Stem Cells<br><br>Pedro Viegas, Camille Nicoleau and Anselme L. Perrier</li></ol>