Metal-based neurodegeneration
Subtitle: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies
By: Robert Crichton and Roberta Ward
Contributors: Ward, Roberta J.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781119977148
Subjects: Metals; Physiology; Etiology; Brain; Oxidative Stress; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Adverse effects; Metabolism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Brain function, physiology, and the blood-brain barrier; title: Role of metal ions in brain function, metal transport, storage, and homeostasis; title: Immune system and neuroinflammation; title: Oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases; title: Aging and mild cognitive impairment, MCI; 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: Amyotropic lateral sclerosis; title: Alcoholic brain damage; title: Other neurological diseases; title: Therapeutic strategies to combat the onset and progression of neurological diseases.