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Machine generated contents note: 1. Repair after spinal cord injury : a clinical perspective / D. J. Brown -- 2. Recovery from injury in the immature mammalian spinal cord / N.R. Saunders and K.M. Dziegielewska -- 3. Intrinsic determinants of differential axonal regeneration by adult mammalian central nervous system neurons / P.N. Anderson and A.R. Lieberman -- 4. Inflammation and the glial scar : factors at the site of injury that -- influence regeneration in the central nervous system / M.T. Fitch and J. Silver -- 5. Intrinsic neuronal and extrinsic glial determinants of axonal regeneration in the injured spinal cord / W. Tetzlaff and J.D. Steeves -- 6. Evolutionary hierarchy of optic nerve regeneration : implications for cell survival, axon outgrowth and map formation / L.D. Beazley and S.A. Dunlop -- 7. The role of cytoskeleton in regeneration of central nervous systems axons / A. Conti and M.E. Seizer -- 8. What types of bridges will best promote axonal regeneration across an area of injury in the adult mammalian spinal cord? / M.B. Bunge -- 9. Use of cell/polymer hybrid structures as conduits for regenerative growth in the central nervous system / A.R. Harvey -- 10. Neural stem cells : regulation and potential use in neuronal regeneration / P. F. Bartlett, G.F. Brooker, C.H. Faux, A. M. Turnley and T.J. Kilpatrick -- 11. The low affinity neurotrophin receptor : a multifunction molecule with a role in nerve regeneration? / I. A. Ferguson, J.J. Lu, X.F. Zhou and R.A. Rush -- 12. Regeneration in the peripheral nervous system / M.A. Bisby -- 13. The role of macrophages in degeneration and regeneration in the peripheral nervous system / P.M. Hughes and V.H. Perry -- 14. The response of the somatosensory system to peripheral nerve injury / P.D. Kitchener and P. Wilson.

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