Erythropoietin and the Nervous System brings together researchers from many different disciplines of neuroscience to review the current state-of-the-art in EPO and the nervous system.

Erythropoietin and the Nervous System will benefit scientists and clinicians interested in neuroprotection in the broadest sense.

Contents

1. History and Biology of Erythropoietin in Hematopoietic and Non-neural Tissues
2. Expression of Erythropoietin and its Receptor in the Central Nervous System
3. Erythropoietin and Neuroprotection in the Central Nervous System: Intracellular Signaling Pathways
4. Regulation of Erythropoietin Expression in the Nervous System: The Hypoxia Inducible Factor
5. Erythropoietin Neuroprotection in the Term and Preterm Infant: Safety and Efficacy
6. Erythropoietin for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Preclinical Rationale
7. Erythropoietin Neuroprotection in the Retina
8. Erythropoietin for Treatment of Human Brain Disease: Experience from Proof-of-concept Trials
9. Erythropoietin in Spinal Cord Injury
10. Erythropoietin and Neuroprotection in the Peripheral Nervous System
11. An Endogenous Pathway Preventing Axonal Degeneration Medicated by Schwann Cell - Derived Erythropoietin
12. Role of Erythropoietin in Inflammatory Pathologies of the CNS
13. Development of Non-Erythropoietic Erythropoietin Variants for Neuroprotection

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