Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Advanced Understanding of Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang
Raymond Chuen-Chung Chang

University of Hong Kong,
China

Published16 December 2011

Doi10.5772/2451

ISBN978-953-307-529-7

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6611-5

Copyright year2011

Number of pages456

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Alzheimer's Disease: Definition, Molecular and Genetic Factors

By Eva Babusikova, Andrea Evinova, Jana Jurecekova, Milos Jesenak and Dusan Dobrota

4,974
4
2. Evidence for an Infectious Etiology in Alzheimer’s Disease

By Brian Balin, Christine Hammond, C. Scott Little, Denah Appelt and Susan Hingley

3,137
1
2,841
3,560
1
5. Disruption of Calcium Homeostasis in Alzheimer’s Disease: Role of Channel Formation by β Amyloid Protein

By Masahiro Kawahara, Hironari Koyama, Susumu Ohkawara and Midori Megishi-Kato

3,697
7. Clinical Profile of Alzheimer’s Disease Non-Responder Patient

By Alessandro Martorana, Roberta Semprini and Giacomo Koch

2,626
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9. Therapeutics of Alzheimer’s Disease

By Marisol Herrera-Rivero and Gonzalo Emiliano Aranda-Abreu

2,859
10. Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration

By Johannes Schlachetzki

3,233
12. Gut Hormones Restrict Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease

By Jacqueline Bayliss, Romana Stark, Alex Reichenbach and Zane B. Andrews

3,285
3
13. Grape Secondary Metabolites – Benefits for Human Health

By Teodora Dzhambazova, Violeta Kondakova, Ivan Tsvetkov and Rossitza Batchvarova

3,310
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15. The Effects of Trimethylamine N-Oxide on the Structural Stability of Prion Protein

By Barbara Yang, Kuen-Hua You, Shing-Chuen Wang, Hau-Ren Chen and Cheng-I Lee

2,092
17. Wallerian Degeneration in Injury and Diseases: Concepts and Prevention

By Bruno S. Mietto, Rodrigo M. Costa, Silmara V. de Lima, Sérgio T. Ferreira and Ana M. B. Martinez

4,431
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18. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Apoptosis After Spinal Cord Injury

By Venkata Ramesh Dasari, Krishna Kumar Veeravalli, Jasti S. Rao, Dan Fassett and Dzung H. Dinh

3,167
1
3,692
20. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

By David S. Shin, Ashley J. Pratt, Elizabeth D. Getzoff and J. Jefferson P. Perry

3,516

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