Human brain drafting: an approach to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
Madrazo, I.; Castrejón, H.; Franco-Bourland, R.E.
Surgical Technology International 3: 493-499
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1090-3941 PMID: 21319118 Document Number: 428545
The aim of human brain grafting is to deliver adequate amounts of endocrine or neural tissue to neurodegenerated areas of the diseased or lesioned brain for functional recovery. The many options available make brain grafting and other neural grafting procedures potentially applicable for the treatment of varied alterations of the central nervous system, such as Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease (HD), Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, spinal cord lesions, assorted traumatic lesions to the central nervous system, stroke, etc.