Molecular and Cellular Biology of Neuroprotection in the CNS /

Given the very limited capacity of regeneration in the brain, protecting neurons that are on the brink of death is a major challenge for basic and clinical neuroscience, with implications for a broad spectrum of acute and chronic neurological and psychiatric diseases. This book brings together leadi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alzheimer, Christian
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
Series:Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; 513.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • From the contents: I: Neuronal Cell Death - Overview of Basic Mechanisms
  • II: Ion Channels, Receptors and Signaling Pathways
  • III: Neurotrophic Factors as Neuroprotective Agents
  • IV: Advances in Drug Delivery to CNS Neurons
  • V: Neuroprotective strategies in animal and in vitro models of neuronal damage
  • Index.