Metal-based neurodegeneration
Subtitle: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies
By: Robert R. Crichton & Roberta J. Ward.
Contributors: Ward, Roberta J.
Publisher: J. Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chichester; Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780470022559
Subjects: Nervous system -- Degeneration -- Etiology.; Brain -- Pathophysiology.; Oxidative stress.; Metals -- Health aspects.; Neurodegenerative Diseases -- etiology.; Brain -- physiology.; Metals -- adverse effects.; Oxidative Stress.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Metals in brain, metal transport, storage and homeostasis; title: Oxidative stress and redox-active metal ions; title: Parkinson's disease; title: Alzheimer's disease; title: Huntington's disease and polyglutamine expansion neurodegenerative diseases; title: Friedreich's ataxia and diseases associated with expansion of non-coding triplets; title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob and other prion diseases; title: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: Other neurological diseases; title: Therapeutic strategies to combat the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases; title: Animal models of the various neurodegenerative diseases; title: Concluding remarks.