Excitotoxicity in neurological diseases : new therapeutic challenge /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ferrarese, Carlo, 1955-, Beal, M. Flint
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic, [2004]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Contribution of astrocyte glutamate release to excitotoxicity
  • Glutamate uptake and transporters
  • NMDA receptors
  • AMPA receptor and synaptic plasticity
  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors and neurodegeneration
  • Mechanisms of excitotoxicity and excitoprotection
  • Epilepsy and seizures : excitotoxicity or excitotrophicity?
  • Excitotoxicity in cerebral ischemia
  • Excitotoxicity and traumatic brain injury
  • Excitotoxicity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : selective vulnerability of motor neurons
  • Glutamate transmission in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
  • Excitotoxicity in Huntington's disease
  • The glutamatergic system in Alzheiner's disease brain : dysfunction associated with amyloid beta-peptide and oxidative stress
  • Neurotoxicity and prion disease
  • Glutamate excitotoxicity in multiple sclerosis
  • HIV-1 associated dementia
  • Markers of excitotoxicity in patients : tool for diagnosis or therapy?
  • Anti-excitotoxic therapies in neurological diseases : current evidences and new perspectives