Recent Trends in Regeneration Research

1. Regeneration of Skeletal and Cardiac Muscle

   1. Image Analysis of Proliferation and Fusion in Cultured Satellite Cells

      • Albert Le Moigne, Bernard Lassalle, Isabelle Martelly, Jean Gautron

      Pages 159-168

   2. Regeneration of Skeletal Muscle Fibers by In Vitro Multiplied Autologous Satellite Cells

      • Hala Alameddine

      Pages 169-171

   3. “In Vitro” Potentialities of Myogenic Cells Isolated from Adult Urodele Muscles

      • Raphaël Franquinet

      Pages 173-174

2. Regeneration and the Nervous System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. Mechanisms Controlling Directed Axon Regeneration in the Peripheral and Central Nervous Systems of Amphibians

      • Nigel Holder, J. D. W. Clarke, Steve Wilson, Kim Hunter, D. A. Tonge

      Pages 179-190

   3. Response of Amputated Xenopus Laevis Forelimbs to Augmentation of the Nerve Supply

      • Catherine Tsilfidis, Richard A. Liversage

      Pages 191-203

   4. Neural Influence on the Extracellular Matrix During Blastema Formation

      • Anthony L. Mescher, Cheryl A. Cox

      Pages 205-215

   5. Effects of Denervation on the Extracellular Collagen Matrix of Limb Regenerate of the Newt, Pleurodeles Waltlii

      • Stephane Vanrapenbusch, Bernard Lassalle

      Pages 217-227

   6. A Quantitative Study of Innervation in Newt Multiple Limbs: Nerve Fibre Counts in Multiple Limbs Produced from Either Limb Buds or Mature Regenerating Limbs

      • Chafika Zenjari, Emile Lheureux

      Pages 229-236

   7. The Origins of Spinal Ganglia in the Amphibian Tail

      • Jacqueline Géraudie, Ruth Nordlander, Marcus Singer

      Pages 237-249

   8. The Role of Nerves in Accessory Limb Development

      • Margaret Wells Egar

      Pages 251-261

   9. Rapid Neuronal and Glial Changes in the Phrenic Nucleus Following Spinal Cord Injury: A Possible Morphological Basis for the Unmasking of Functionally Ineffective Synapses

      • Harry G. Goshgarian, Jose A. Rafols

      Pages 263-273

   10. Mechanisms of Transdifferentiation of Pigment Epithelial Cells into Neural Retina: A Hypothesis

       • Victor Mitashov

       Pages 275-280

   11. Regeneration of the Central Nervous System of the Ascidian Ciona Intestinalis

       • Tomas Bollner

       Pages 281-287

   12. Neuropeptides Control Regeneration in Planarians

       • Ch. P. Tiras, I. M. Sheiman

       Pages 289-290

3. The Retinoids in Regeneration

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293

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   2. The Use of Retinoids to Explore the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Positional Memory in Regenerating Amphibian Limbs

      • David L. Stocum

      Pages 295-311

   3. Biochemical Pathways Involved in the Respecification of Pattern by Retinoic Acid

      • Malcolm Maden, Denis Summerbell

      Pages 313-324

   4. Survey of Research Work on the Regeneration of Triturus Alpestris Forelimbs Treated with Vitamin A Palmitate

      • Stauros Koussoulakos

      Pages 325-340

   5. Effects of Vitamin A on Limb Regeneration in the Larval Axolotl, Ambystoma Mexicanum

      • Steven R. Scadding

      Pages 341-353

Regeneration, i.e. the replacement of lost body parts by new outgrowths or by remodelling existing tissues, has been studied for centuries. However, in recent years important developments took place in this field too, owing to new soph­ isticated techniques and to novel theoretical concepts. Advances in Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, Cell and Neurobiology, Immunology, to mention a few of them, are the main causes of this resurgence of interest in regeneration. As a consequence, more and more meetings and pUblications are devoted, either exclusively or for a large part, to basic and applied research of regenerative processes. "Regeneration­ ists" scattered in laboratories allover the world and accus­ tomed to know each other through exchange of reprints - occa­ sionally an encounter in a large conference - tend now to form small groups, even societies and to institutionalize their meetings. Although the critical mass of scientists involved in regeneration research does not seem yet to be reached, for an autonomous development of this sector, regular and frequent meetings of experts appear useful, even necessary. Such a meeting was convened in Saronis, near Athens, Greece, from 19 to 23 September 1988 and sponsored by the NATO Science Committee and the University of Athens. The present volume contains the contributions to this Advanced Research Workshop on "Recent Trends in Regeneration Research". About 50 biologists from different countries, either mem­ bers of the Alliance or outside it (U.R.S.S., India, Egypt, Switzerland, Sweden) took part, mostly as invited speakers.

• Embryo
• Glia
• Neuron
• Peptide
• Regeneration
• Synapse
• Xenopus laevis
• genes
• ontogenesis
• skeletal muscle
• tissue

• University of Athens, Athens, Greece

  V. Kiortsis, S. Koussoulakos

• University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

  H. Wallace

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