Neuroprotective signal transduction /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, N.J. :
Humana Press,
[1998]
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| Series: | Contemporary neuroscience.
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Table of Contents:
- Neuroprotective strategies involving the neurotrophins and their signaling pathways / Joe E. Springer and Pathrick H. Kitzman
- Nerve growth factor and its receptors in the primate forebrain: alterations in Alzheimer's disease and potential use in experimental therapeutics / Elliott J. Mufson and J.H. Kordower
- Molecular mechanisms of neuroprotection from neuronal death by trophic factor deprivation / Thomas L. Deckwerth
- Gene induction and neuronal apoptosis / Steve Estus
- Clinical potential of compounds that stimulate nerve growth factor production / Atsumi Nitta, Shoei Furukawa, and Toshitaka Nabeshima.
- Preclinical studies of basic fibroblast growth factor (BFGF) in experimental models of stroke / Ilknur Ay and Seth P. Finklestein
- Transforming growth factor-B signaling and neuroprotection: relevance to ischemic brain injury, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's disease / Kerstin Krieglstein and Josef Krieglstein
- Protective and regenerative properties of GDNF in the central nervous system / Wayne A. Cass, Cecilia M. Kearns, and Don M. Gash.
- Tumor necrosis factor: the good, the bad, and the umbra / Steven W. Barger
- Neuroprotective strategies based on interleukin signaling / David Martin, Gerald Miller, and Norman Fischer
- Signaling by B-amyloid precursor protein / Katsutoshi Furukawa
- Clinical potential of agents that affect thrombin signaling in degenerative and traumatic neurologic disorders / Barry W. Festoff
- Thrombin and thrombin inhibitors: roles in acute and chronic neurodegenerative disorders / Virginia L. Smith-Swintosky
- Deleterious and salutary effects of steroid hormones in the nervous sytem: possible mediating cellular mechaninsms / Robert M. Sapolsky.
- Therapeutic potential of leukocyte antiadhesion strategies in CNS ischemia / Wayne M. Clark and Justin A. Zivin
- Neuroprotective strategies based on targeting of postreceptor signaling events / Mark P. Mattson.