1. Cell Death in the Nervous System
Kerstin Krieglstein

2. The Glial Response to Injury and Its Role in the Inhibition of CNS Repair
James W. Fawcett

3. DSD-1-Proteoglycan/Phosphacan and Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase-Beta Isoforms during Development and Regeneration of Neural Tissues
Andreas Faissner, Nicolas Heck, Alexandre Dobbertin and Jeremy Garwood

4. Regeneration Failure in the CNS: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms
Anne D. Zurn and Christine E. Bandtlow

5. The Role of Ionotropic Purinergic Receptors (P2X) in Mediating Plasticity Responses in the Central Nervous System
Fulvio Florenzano, Maria Teresa Viscomi, Fabio Cavaliere, Cinza Volonté and Marco Molinari

6. Lesion-Induced Axonal Sprouting in the Central Nervous System
Thomas Deller, Carola A. Haas, Thomas M. Freiman, Amie Phinney, Mathias Jucker and Michael Frotscher

7. A Kinase with a Vision: Role of ERK in the Synaptic Plasticity of the Visual Cortex
Gian Michele Ratto and Tommaso Pizzorusso

8. Attempts to Restore Visual Function after Optic Nerve Damage in Adult Mammals
Tomomitsu Miyoshi, Takuji Kurimoto and Yutaka Fukuda

9. Brain Repair: Experimental Treatment Strategies, Neuroprotective and Repair Strategies in the Lesioned Adult CNS
Mathias Bähr and Paul Lingor

10. Neuroprotection by cAMP: Another Brick in the Wall
Mariana S. Silveira and Rafael Linden

11. The Collagenous Wound Healing Scar in the Injured Central Nervous System Inhibits Axonal Regeneration
Susanne Hermanns, Nicole Klapka, Marcia Gasis and Hans Werner Müller

12. Role of Endogenous Neural Stem Cells in Neurological Disease and Brain Repair
Jörg Dietrich and Gerd Kempermann

13. Transplantation in Parkinson’s Disease: The Future Looks Bright
Gesine Paul, Young Hwan Ahn, Jia-Yi Li and Patrik Brundin