[Histogenetic and neurodegenerative processes in the nervous system using heterotopic neurotransplantation]

The aim of this article was to summarize the author's own experimental data and the data available from literature on the neurotransplantation in the ectopic sites such as peripheral nerve (mainly) and rat anterior eye chamber. The review examines issues relating to the following problems: histogenesis and survival of neural tissues after transplantation, host/transplant tissue interactions, the fate of long-term transplants, co-transplants of different embryonic anlages, dorsal root ganglion grafting, the effects of various trophic factors on graft development. The review discusses the new data on stem cell transplantation into a peripheral nerve.