IGFs in the Nervous System /
In the last few years, considerable attention has been paid to the presence of insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and their binding proteins (IGF-BPs) in the brain and peripheral neuronal tissue. IGFs are synthesized within the CNS, are bound to specific IGF-BPs and act on specific receptors. They r...
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Milano :
Springer Milan,
1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Production, regulation biological actions, pathophysiological involvement, therapeutic applications for IGFs in many neurological and neuromuscolar disorders
- Role of IGFs in brain differential and development; potential therapeutic applications in peripheral neuropathies, stroke, amyothrophic laterial sclerosis
- Better understanding of the physiology and pathology of the CNS and peripheral neoronal tissue.-