Neurodegeneration and Prion Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Brown, David R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Molecular biology.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Veterinary medicine.; Biochemistry.; Biomathematics.; Biomedicine.; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics.; Biochemistry, general.; Veterinary Medicine.; Molecular Medicine.

This volume provides an in-depth overview from world experts on prion disease. These fatal diseases include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, chronic wasting disease in deer, scrapie of sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow’s disease) of cattle and related diseases. Understanding what causes neu...