Gene Therapy for Neurological Disorders and Brain Tumors

1 Retrovirus Vectors and Regulatable Promoters.- 2 Characteristics of Adenovirus Vectors.- 3 HSV Recombinant Vectors: General Characteristics and Potential for Use in the Central Nervous System.- 4 HSV-1 Amplicon.- 5 AAV Vectors: General Characteristics and Potentialfor Use in the Central Nervous System.- 6 EBV Vectors: General Characteristics and Potential for Gene Therapy in the Central Nervous System.- 7 Lentiviral Vectors for Gene Delivery in the Central Nervous System.- 8 Promoters for Expression of Gene Products Within Neurons and Glia.- 9 Immune Response to Viral Vectors.- 10 Current Treatment Modalities for Brain Tumor: Surgery, Radiation, and Chemotherapy.- 11 Experimental and Clinical Gene Therapies for Brain Tumors.- 12 Tumor Suppressor Gene Therapy for Brain Tumors.- 13 Cytokine-Based Gene Therapy for Brain Tumors.- 14 Delivery of Therapeutic Genes to Brain and Intracerebral Tumors.- 15 Rat Brain Tumor Models and Statistical Evaluation of Survival Data in Experimental Neuro-Oncology.- 16 Gene Transfer for Adult CNS Regeneration and Aging.- 17 Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease.- 18 Gene Therapy for Ischemic Stroke.- 19 Gene Therapy for the Lysomal Storage Diseases.- 20 Gene Therapy for Pain.- 21 Gene Therapy of Huntington’s Disease.