Neural Development and Regeneration

Theme I: Growth Factors and Hormones in Development and Aging of Neurons and Glia.- Developmental Biology of the Optic Nerve.- Neural Crest Cells Change Their Homing Behavior Following Treatment With a Phorbol Ester Drug.- Differentiation of Glial Precursors in Cerebellar Primary Cultures.- Neuroectodermal Cells: Storage and Release of Growth Factors.- Acetyl-L-Carnitine in the Rat's Hippocampus Aging: Morphological, Endocrine and Behavioral Correlates.- Glia-Promoting Factors and the Control of Oligodendroglial Growth During Brain Development and Regeneration.- Cholinergic Neurons of the Rat Forebrain in Slice Cultures; Interactions with Target Tissue and Effects of Nerve Growth Factor.- Nerve Growth Factor Effects on CNS Cholinergic Neurons In Vivo.- Expression of NGF Receptors During Development of Central Sensory Pathways in the Rat.- Rate Limiting Events in Neurite Outgrowth.- Studies of the Neurotransmitter Plasticity of Cultured Rat Sympathetic Neurons at the Molecular Level.- Serotonin and Morphogenesis in the Cultured Mouse Embryo.- Gaba and Taurine as Signals for Neuronal Development and Differentiation.- Adaptive Changes in an Animal Model of Micro-Encephaly.- Theme II: Mechanisms of Gene Expression.- Cell Fate and Gene Expression in the Developing Neural Crest.- Transiently Induced Sequences as Potential Mediators of Cellular Proliferation and Differentiation.- Expression of the C-SRC Proto-Oncogene Product in Neural Cells.- Induction of the 68/72 kDa Heat-Shock Protein During Hydrogen Peroxide Toxicity.- Developmental Expression of Nerve Growth Factor.- Structure and Expression of B-Nerve Growth Factor in the Rat Central Nervous System.- Molecular Aspects of the Rat Nerve Growth Factor Receptor.- Regulation of the Synthesis of Nerve Growth Factor and Nerve Growth Factor Receptor.- Regulation of Gene Expression in Nerve Cells: Effect of Growth and Trophic Factors.- Developmental Aspects of Myelin Membrane Protein Synthesis: Spatial Segregation of Polyribosomes.- Cytotypic Specialization of the Neuronal Cytoskeleton and the Cytomatrix: Implications for Neuronal Growth and Regeneration.- A cDNA Coding For Rabbit Neurofilament Protein H: A Window on the Role of H in Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Structure and Function of Soluble NCAM.- Theme III: Responses of Nervous Tissue to Trauma.- The Role of Schwann Cells in Peripheral Nervous System Regeneration.- Regeneration of Somatic Nerves in Permeable and Impermeable Tubes.- Role of Factors Intrinsic and Extrinsic to CNS Regulating Intra-Spinal Degenerative-Atrophy Following Sciatic Nerve Injury.- Intraspinal Sprouting of Primary Afferents After Spinal Denervation and Treatment with Antibodies to Nerve Growth Factor.- Role of Nerve Growth Factor in Neuronal Injury and Survival.- Glial-Derived Substances Associated with CNS Regeneration.- Neuronal Rescue in Cerebellar Cultures.- Axonal Regeneration in the Context of Spinal Cord Trauma.- Neurofilament Processing in Trauma and Disease.- The Process of Reinnervation of CNS Neurons: Evidence for Local Synthesis of Synaptic Constituents at Postsynaptic Sites.- Ganglioside Treatment of Experimental Brain Injury.- Effects of Gangliosides and Fibroblast Growth Factor on Central Neurons in Cell Cultures of Rat Hippocampus and Cortex During Development and Regeneration In-Vitro.- Photochemically Induced Vascular Thrombosis (Photothrombosis): Central Nervous System Consequences and Clinical Possibilities.- Grafted Fetal Astrocytes Migrate From Host Thoracic Spinal Cord to Lumbar Cord and Medulla.- Theme IV: Neuronal Endocrine-Immune Interactions.- The Source and Distribution of Autonomic Nervous System Nerves and Receptors within the Thymus Gland.- Neuroendocrine Functions in Lymphoid Tissues.- Interactions Between Thymosins and Neuroendocrine Circuits.- Nerve Growth Factor and the Immune System.- Evidence for Lymphoid Cell Participation in Neuroendocrine Pathways.- Immune System Growth Factor Modulation of Neonatal Oligodendrocyte Growth In Vitro.- Poster Abstract.- An Investigation of the Role of Phosphatidyl Ionositol Turnover in the Regenerating Rabbit Peripheral Nerve Trunk.- Effect of EGF on the Labeling of Various RNA Species and of Proteins From Subcellular Fractions in Primary Rat Astroglial Cell Cultures.- Myelin Treated Macrophages Release Mitogen for Schwann Cells.- Comparative Structural Features of Nerve Growth Factor and its Receptor.- Fetal Spinal Cord Homografts Reduce Expected Hind Limb Deficits from Spinal Cervical Fasiculus Gracilis Lesion.- The Temporal Relation Between a Corneal Neurotrophic Factor and Corneal Nerve Regeneration.- Slow Axonal Transport in Nerve from Mice with a Genetic Myelin Deficiency (Trembler).- Behavioral and Immunological Changes in the Aging Rat.- Morphological and Biochemical Effects on Striatal Astrocytes after Co-Cultivation With Substantia Nigra Neurons In Primary Cell Culture.- Nerve Growth Factor-Mediated Induction of Choline Acetyltransfer-ASE in Fetal and Neonatal Rat Septal Cholinergic Neurons in Organotypic Culture.- The Developmental Expression of Glial Specific mRNAs in Cultured Rat Brain Cells Identified By In Situ Hybridization.- Influence of Neurotrophic Factors on the Phosphorylation of Extracellular Proteins.- Astrocyte Binding of Epidermal Growth Factor.- Schwann Cells Proliferate in Response to Non-Myelinated Axons.- Effects of Nerve Growth Factor and Monosialoganglioside GM1 on Forebrain Cholinergic Neurones.- Modulation of Neurite Growth by Gaba in Cell Culture.- Effects of an Alpha-2 Adrenergic Receptor Agonist in Spinal Rats.- Induction of the 68/72 kDa Heat-Stress Protein in Hydrogen Peroxide Toxicity.- Peripheral Nerve Grafts Implanted Into Rats CNS (Optic Nerve) Show Electrophoretic Patterns of Radiolabelled Fast Axonally Transported Proteins Similar to the Pattern seen in the Normal Host CNS Tract.- Differentiation of a Migratory Bipotential Glial Progenitor Cell in the Developing Rat Optic Nerve.- Neuronal Primary Cultures - A Characterization.- Transplants of NGF-RIGH Tissue Increases Survival and Regeneration of Axotomized Cholinergic Neurons in The Basal Forebrain.- Neurofilament Processing in Development and Transplantation.- Antioxidant Enzymatic Activities and Resistance to Oxidative Stress in Primary and Subcultured Rat Astroclial Cells.- Role of Ascorbate in Laminin Accumulation, Basement Membrane Deposition Acetylcholine Receptor Aggregation On Muscle.