Protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases
Subtitle: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies
By: editors, H. John Smith, Claire Simons, and Robert D.E. Sewell.
Contributors: Smith, H. J., 1930-; Simons, Claire.; Sewell, Robert D. E.
Series: CRC enzyme inhibitors series
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780849373107
Subjects: Nervous system -- Degeneration -- Etiology; Nervous system -- Degeneration -- Treatment; Nervous system -- Degeneration -- Pathophysiology,; Protein folding; Neurodegenerative Diseases -- etiology; Protein Folding; Neurodegenerative Diseases -- physiopathology; Neurodegenerative Diseases -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Protein folding and misfolding, relevance to disease and function / Massimi Stefani; title: Alzheimer's disease / Charlotte E. Teunissen and Tischa M. van der Cammen; title: Improving Cholinergic Transmission; title: Cholinergic transmission and acetylcholine release enhancers / Pierre Francotte, Pascal de Tullio and Bernard Pirotte; title: AChE and its inhibition / Jure Stojan; title: AChE inhibitors and their clinical assessment / Pierre Francotte, Pascal de Tullio and Bernard Pirotte; title: Reduction in plaque formation / Christian Czech, Helmut Jacobsen and Celine Adessi; title: Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) / Bruno P. Imbimbo and Francesca Speroni; title: 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme reductase inhibitors / Dario Cattaneo; title: A' polymerization reduction / Harry LeVine III and Corrine E. Augelli-Szafran; title: Carbonic anhydrase activators as potential anti-Alzheimer's disease agents / Claudiu T. Supuran and Andrea Scozzafava; title: Detection and reduction of neurofibrillary lesions / Jeff Kuret; title: Protein misfolding in Alzheimer disease : pathogenic or protective? / Rudy J. Castellani ... [et al.]; title: Enhancement of brain retinoic acid levels / Ann B. Goodman ... [et al.]; title: Parkinson's disease : what is it? what causes it? and how can it be cured? / Tom Foltynie, Andrew W. Michell and Roger A. Barker; title: Restoring dopamine levels / Nuno Palma .. [et al.]; title: Huntington's disease / Claire-Anne Gutekunst and Fran Norflus; title: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (motor neuron disease) / Teresa Sanelli ... [et al.]; title: Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) / Michael D. Geschwind and Giuseppe Legname; title: Overview / H. John Smith, Claire Simons and Robert D.E. Sewell.