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Neurodegenerative diseases and metal ions
xxiii, 463 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
The role of metal ions in neurology : an introduction -- Protein folding, misfolding, and disease -- Metal ion binding properties of proteins related to neurodegeneration -- Metallic prions : mining the core of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies -- The role of metal ions in the amyloid precursor protein and in Alzheimer's disease -- The role of iron in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease -- In vivo assessment of iron in Huntington's disease and other age-related neurodegenerative brain diseases -- Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase and familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- The malfunctioning of copper transport in Wilson and Menkes diseases -- Iron and its role in neurodegenerative diseases -- The chemical interplay between catecholamines and metal ions in neurological diseases -- Zinc metalloneurochemistry : physiology, pathology, and probes -- The role of aluminum in neurotoxic and neurodegenerative processes -- Neurotoxicity of cadmium, lead, and mercury -- Neurodegenerative diseases and metal ions : a concluding overview
edited by Astrid Sigel, Helmut Sigel, and Roland K.O. Sigel.
Includes bibliographical references and index.