Fundamentals of Neurodegeneration and Protein Misfolding Disorders

• Main Author: Beckerman, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Medicinal chemistry.; Neurology.; Proteins.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomedicine.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Protein Science.; Biomedical Engineering.; Medicinal Chemistry.

This unique text introduces students and researchers to the world of misfolded proteins, toxic oligomers, and amyloid assemblages, and the diseases of the brain that result. During the past few years the connections between failures in protein quality control and neurological disorders have been rei...