Preface ...... ....................................................................................... v
List of Contributors .............................................. xi
Chapter 1 ............................................................................... 1
Neural Stem Cell Models of Development and Disease K. Sue O'Shea
Chapter 2 ............................................................ 55
Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells: Lineage and Cell Fate Determination
Stephen N. Sansom, Sabhi Rahman, Uruporn Thammongkol and Frederick J. Livesey
Chapter 3 ...................................................... 95
Stage-Specific and Cell Fate Markers Ichiro Nakano and Harley I. Kornblum
Chapter 4 .......................................................................................... 127
Isolation of Stem Cells from Multiple Sites in the CNS Mahendra S. Rao and Larysa Pevny
Chapter 5 ...................................................... 155
Neural Cells Derived From Embryonic Stem Cells Mark J. Tomishima and Lorenz Studer
Chapter 6 ............................................................ 181
On the Origin of Newly Made Neural Cells in the Adult Organism:
Does Transdifferentiation Occur? Eva Mezey
Chapter 7 ............................................................................... 207
Neural Stem Cell Purification and Clonal Analysis Alexandra Capela, Stanley Tamaki and Nobuko Uchida
Chapter 8 ........ ........................................................................... 231
Embryonic and Neural Stem Cell Lines Ryan M. Fryer, Mahesh Lachyankar, Steven R. Gullans & Evan Y. Snyder
Chapter 9 .............................................................. 271
Isolation, Survival, Proliferation, and Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cells
Beatriz Navarro, Ana Villa, Isabel Liste, Carlos Bueno and Alberto Martinez-Serrano
Chapter 10 ............................................................. 299
Neuronal Replacement by Transplantation Daniel J. Guillaume and Su-Chun Zhang
Chapter 11 ........................................................................................ 329
Derivation of Myelin-forming Cells for Transplantation Repair of the CNS
lan D. Duncan and Yoichi Kondo
Chapter 12 ........................................................................................ 355
Induction of Adult Cortical Neurogenesis From Neural Precursors In Situ
Paola Arlotta, Jinhui Chen, Sanjay S. P. Magavi and Jeffrey D. Macklis
Chapter 13 ....................................................................................... 379
Neural Stem Cells for Cellular Therapy in Humans
Mary B. Newman, Thomas B. Freeman, Cyndy D. Davis and Paul R. Sanberg
Chapter 14 ........................................................................................ 413
Genetic Modification of Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells Ping Wu and Weidong Xiao
Index ........................................................ ........ 447