Neuronal signal transduction and Alzheimer's disease
By: organized and edited by C. O'Neill and B. Anderton.
Contributors: O'Neill, C.; Anderton, B.
Series: Biochemical Society symposium,; 67
Publisher: Portland Press; Brand: Portland Pr; Portland Press, London
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
Subjects: Alzheimer's disease -- Congresses.; Neurons -- Physiology -- Congresses.; Cellular signal transduction -- Congresses.; Alzheimer Disease -- Congresses.; Neurons -- physiology -- Congresses.; Signal Transduction -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Based on papers presented at the Annual Symposium of the Biochemical Society held at the University of Cork, 1999 on the topic of Neuronal Signal Transduction and Alzheimer's Disease.
Table of contents: title: Modulation of [beta]-amyloid production and fibrillization; title: Alzheimer's disease: inside, outside, upside down; title: The role of post-translational modification in [beta]-amyloid precursor protein proessing; title: Alzheimer's disease: dysfunction of a signalling pathway mediated by the amyloid precursor protein?; title: Genetic dissection of primary neurodegenerative diseases; title: Tau gene mutations and neurodegeneration; title: Sites of phosphorylation in tau and factors affecting their regulation; title: Neurofibrillary tangles and tau phosphorylation; title: Presenilin function: connections to Alzheimer's disease and signal tranduction; title: Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer's disease: signal transduction mechanisms; title: Apolipoprotein E gene and Alzheimer's disease: is tau the link?; title: Apolipoprotein E and [beta] A4-amyloid: signals and effects; title: Regulation of gene expression by muscarinic acetylcholine receptors; title: Oxidative signalling and inflammatory pathways in Alzheimer's disease; title: Perturbed endoplasmic reticulum function, synaptic apoptosis and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease; title: Recetptor-G-protein signalling in Alzheimer's Disease; title: Dysfunctional intracellular calcium homoeostasis: a central cause of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease; title: Transgenic mouse models of Alzheimer's disease: phenotype and mechanisms of pathogenesis; title: Modelling Alzheimer's disease in multiple transgenic mice.