Main Title |
Metal-based neurodegeneration : from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic strategies / |
Author |
Crichton, Robert R.
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Other Authors |
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Publisher |
J. Wiley & Sons, |
Year Published |
2006 |
OCLC Number |
61334482 |
ISBN |
0470022558 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780470022559 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Subjects |
Nervous system--Degeneration--Etiology ;
Brain--Pathophysiology ;
Oxidative stress ;
Metals--Health aspects ;
Neurodegenerative Diseases--etiology ;
Brain--physiology ;
Metals--adverse effects
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
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Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBM |
RC365.C75 2006 |
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AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
11/12/2014 |
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Collation |
x, 227 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents Notes |
Metals in brain, metal transport, storage and homeostasis -- Oxidative stress and redox-active metal ions -- 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 -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Other neurological diseases -- Therapeutic strategies to combat the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases -- Animal models of the various neurodegenerative diseases -- Concluding remarks. |