TY - CHAP AU - Behpour Yousefi ED - Theo Mantamadiotis Y1 - 2012-02-29 PY - 2012 T1 - Brain Commissural Anomalies N2 - In this book we have experts writing on various neuroscience topics ranging from mental illness, syndromes, compulsive disorders, brain cancer and advances in therapies and imaging techniques. Although diverse, the topics provide an overview of an array of diseases and their underlying causes, as well as advances in the treatment of these ailments. This book includes three chapters dedicated to neurodegenerative diseases, undoubtedly a group of diseases of huge socio-economic importance due to the number of people currently suffering from this type of disease but also the prediction of a huge increase in the number of people becoming afflicted. The book also includes a chapter on the molecular and cellular aspects of brain cancer, a disease which is still amongst the least treatable of cancers. BT - When Things Go Wrong SP - Ch. 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/33444 DO - 10.5772/33444 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -