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Practical and Theoretical Issues in the Uses of Fetal Brain Tissue Transplants to Promote Recovery from Brain Injury

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Brain Injury and Recovery

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In this chapter I discuss some of the practical and theoretical problems associated with the use of fetal brain tissue transplants to promote functional recovery from brain injuries. Readers familiar with the research on neuroplasticity and recovery from brain damage know that within the last few years, there has been a veritable explosion of literature demonstrating that embryonic brain tissue is capable of being transplanted directly into the host brain of an adult animal. In the correct environment, there is now no longer any doubt that the fetal tissue grows substantially, becomes integrated with the host brain, and, under the right conditions, is capable of mediating significant recovery from central nervous system (CNS) injury (Sladek and Gash, 1984; Bjorklund and Stenevi, 1985; Gash et al., 1985).

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    Donald G. Stein (Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Provost for Research)

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  1. Psychology Department and Neural Sciences Program, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 63130, USA

    Stanley Finger

  2. The Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695-7801, USA

    T. E. Levere

  3. Programs in Occupational Therapy and Neural Sciences, Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Preventive Medicine, and Psychology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, USA

    C. Robert Almli

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    Donald G. Stein (Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Provost for Research) (Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Provost for Research)

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Stein, D.G. (1988). Practical and Theoretical Issues in the Uses of Fetal Brain Tissue Transplants to Promote Recovery from Brain Injury. In: Finger, S., Levere, T.E., Almli, C.R., Stein, D.G. (eds) Brain Injury and Recovery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0941-3_17

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