Biomarkers of Brain Injury and Neurological Disorders
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 650
ISBN-13: 9781482239829
Subjects: Brain, wounds and injuries; Nervous system, diseases; Biochemical markers
Description: "This book explores the recent advances in the techniques and platforms used in biomarker research that have revolutionized the way we study, diagnose, and treat brain injury conditions. The contributors describe different biomarker studies pertaining to brain injury and other neurological disorders and analyze the different models and technologies used to identify these biological markers. The book includes findings from "Omics research" that have been utilized to decipher and identify such biomarkers. It discusses protein, microRNA, and altered gene profiles and reviews neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and prion and Alzheimer's disease"--