The pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders /

Recent scientific advances have dramatically expanded our understanding of the molecular, genetic, and environmental factors that either cause or contribute to a wide variety of age-related neurodegenerative disorders. In Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Disorders, leading experts detail the cellul...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mattson, Mark Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2001]
Series:Contemporary neuroscience.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Mechanisms of neuronal apoptosis and excitotoxicity / Mark P. Mattson
  • Oxidative alterations in neuroegenerative diseases / William R. Markesbery, Thomas J. Montine, and Mark A. Lovell
  • Parkinson's disease / M.T. Silva and A.H.V. Schapira
  • Scope of trinucleotide repeat disorders / Shoji Tsuji
  • Mechanisms of neuronal death in huntington's disease / Vassilis E. Koliatsos [and others]
  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying synaptic degeneration and neuronal death in alzheimer's disease / Mark P. Mattson, Ward A. Pedersen, and Carsten Culmsee
  • Oxidative stress in down syndrome / Rocco C. Iannello and Ismail Kola
  • Pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Stanley H. Appel and R. Glenn Smith
  • Experimental genetics as a tool for understanding pathogenesis of ALS / Philip C. Wong, Donald L. Price, and Jamuna Subramaniam
  • Pathognesis of ischemic stroke / Mark P. Mattson and Carsten Culmsee
  • Spinal-cord injury / Isabel Klusman and Martin E. Schwab
  • Pathognesis of duchenne muscular dystrophy / Edward A. Burgon and Kay E. Davies.