Parkinson's Disease : Molecular and Therapeutic Insights from Model Systems.

Parkinsons disease is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease and is characterized by the irreversible loss of dopamine neurons. This book describes the advances and the advantages that various invertebrates, cell culture, rodents and mammals provide in the identification of the molecular components a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Nass, Richard
Other Authors: Przedborski, Serge
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington : Elsevier, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • FRONT COVER; PARKINSON'S DISEASE: MOLECULAR AND THERAPEUTIC INSIGHTS FROM MODEL SYSTEMS; COPYRIGHT PAGE; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; FOREWORD; PART I: CLINICAL OVERVIEW; PART II: NON-HUMAN PRIMATE MODELS; PART III: RODENT TOXIN MODELS; PART IV: RODENT AND OTHER VERTEBRATE GENETIC MODELS; PART V: MULTICELLULAR INVERTEBRATE MODELS; PART VI: CELL-BASED MODELS; PART VII: CELL-FREE MODELS; INDEX.