Scientific American molecular neurology
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Scientific American molecular neurology
(Scientific American introduction to molecular medicine)
Scientific American, c1998
- Other Title
-
Molecular neurology
Available at / 3 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Advances in molecular biology have allowed the progress made over the past decade in identifying genes causing neurologic disorders. This book, by a team of leading experts in the field, discusses recent discoveries, many of which still await a therapeutic application. Neurologists, psychiatrists, internists and others wishing to broaden their understanding of the basic pathogenic mechanisms underlying neurologic disease will value this book.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Molecular Basis of Mental Retardation: Fragile X Syndrome - Molecular Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease - Huntingdon's Disease and Other Trinucleotide Repeat Disorders - Genetics of Human Epilepsy Molecular Genetics of Brain Tumours - Molecular Approaches to Therapy of Stroke - Molecular Basis of HIV Associated Neurological Disease - The Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Molecular Genetics of Peripheral Neuropathies - Ion Channel Defects in the Hereditary Myotonias and Periodic Paralyses Genetic Mitochondrial Disorders - Epilogue
by "Nielsen BookData"