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Excitotoxicity in Neurological Diseases
. Ed(S): Ferrarese, Carlo (University Of Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy); Beal, M. Flint (Cornell University, New York)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Ferrarese, Carlo (University of Milano-Bicocca, Ospedale San Gerardo, Monza, Italy); Beal, M. Flint (Cornell University, New York). Num Pages: 362 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 581.
It can be reasonably anticipated that, over the next generations, the proportion of elderly people will remarkably increase and, with this, the number ofpersons suffering from acute (e.g. cerebral ischemia) or chronic neurodegenerative disorders. To date, approved drugs only alleviate the symptoms ofthese diseases (for instance, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer disease and L-dopa and dopamine-agonists in Parkinson disease), while none seems to stop the progression of the degenerative processes underlying them. The development of effective preventive or protective therapies has been impeded by the limitations of our knowledge of the causes and the mechanisms by which neurons die in neurodegenerative ... Read more
It can be reasonably anticipated that, over the next generations, the proportion of elderly people will remarkably increase and, with this, the number ofpersons suffering from acute (e.g. cerebral ischemia) or chronic neurodegenerative disorders. To date, approved drugs only alleviate the symptoms ofthese diseases (for instance, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer disease and L-dopa and dopamine-agonists in Parkinson disease), while none seems to stop the progression of the degenerative processes underlying them. The development of effective preventive or protective therapies has been impeded by the limitations of our knowledge of the causes and the mechanisms by which neurons die in neurodegenerative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461347361
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V9781461347361
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