Neurodegenerative Disorders
Subtitle: Loss of Function Through Gain of Function (Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease)
Contributors: K. Beyreuther (Editor); Y. Christen (Editor); C.L. Masters (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 27, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9783540412182
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Neurology - General; Gerontology; Diseases Of Central Nervous System; Pathophysiology; Medical / Nursing; Nervous system; Medical; Life Sciences - General; Neuroscience; Huntingdon's Disease; Medical / Neuroscience; amyloid precursor protein; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; cerebral amyloidosis; presenilin; Alzheimer's Disease; Amyloid beta-protein; Degeneration
First sentence: Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains a formidable challenge despite dramatic advances in our knowledge of many of the molecular events which surround its occurrence (for recent reviews, see Haass and De Strooper 1999; Koo et al. 1999; Masters and Beyreuther 1998; Roher et al. 1999; Selkoe 1999; Wilson et al. 1999).