Metal-based neurodegeneration : from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies /

• Main Author: Crichton, Robert R.
• Other Authors: Ward, Roberta J.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2013.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Subjects: Neurodegenerative Diseases > etiology.; Neurodegenerative Diseases > metabolism.; Brain > physiology.; Metals > adverse effects.; Oxidative Stress.; Nervous system > Degeneration > Etiology.; Brain > Pathophysiology.; Oxidative stress.; Metals > Health aspects.; HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Brain function, physiology, and the blood-brain barrier
• Role of metal ions in brain function, metal transport, storage, and homeostasis
• Immune system and neuroinflammation
• Oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases
• Aging and mild cognitive impairment, MCI
• Parkinson's disease
• Alzheimer's disease
• Huntington's disease and polyglutamine expansion neurodegenerative diseases
• Friedreich's ataxia and diseases associated with expansion of non-coding triplets
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob and other prion diseases
• Amyotropic lateral sclerosis
• Alcoholic brain damage
• Other neurological diseases
• Therapeutic strategies to combat the onset and progression of neurological diseases.