Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
By: edited by Hiroshi Mitsumoto, Serge Przedborski, Paul H. Gordon.
Contributors: Mitsumoto, Hiroshi.; Przedborski, Serge.; Gordon, Paul H.
Series: Neurological disease and therapy -- 78
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 830
ISBN-13: 9780824729240
Subjects: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of ALS; title: Epidemiology of ALS; title: The pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: The causes of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: ALS clinical motor signs and symptoms; title: Frontotemporal dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: Familial ALS and genetic approaches to ALS; title: Objective markers of upper and lower motor neuron dysfunction: electrophysiological studies and neuroimaging technologies; title: Classification, diagnosis, and presentation of diagnosis of ALS; title: Natural history and prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: Specifying motor identity in the developing spinal cord; title: Neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: Excitotoxicity; title: Superoxide dismutase, oxidative stress, and ALS; title: Neuronal and non-neuronal cell interactions in ALS; title: Apoptosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: Cytoskeletal proteins in the pathogenesis of ALS; title: Role of mitochondria in motor neuron degeneration in ALS; title: Environmental toxicity and ALS: novel insights from an animal model of ALS-PDC; title: Genetic causes and predisposition; title: ALS: a protein aggregate disease?; title: Neuroinflammation; title: The potential of gene therapy for motor neuron diseases; title: Experimental models of motor neuron diseases; title: Screening for ALS drugs; title: Clinical trial methodology; title: The multidisciplinary care clinic: the principles and an international perspective; title: The ALS patient CARE program - North American patient CARE database; title: Symptomatic pharmacotherapy: bulbar and constitutional symptoms; title: ALS pharmacotherapy: riluzole and clinical trials; title: Rehabilitation; title: Nutritional treatment: theoretical and practical issues; title: Respiratory care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: Psychosocial care for patients with ALS and their caregivers; title: Palliative care at the end of life; title: Palliative care: family perspective; title: End-of-life decision making.