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N/A - Studies on Psychiatric Disorders (Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice) - 9781493904396 - V9781493904396
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Studies on Psychiatric Disorders (Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice)

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Description for Studies on Psychiatric Disorders (Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice) Hardcover. Editor(s): Dietrich-Muszalska, Anna; Chauhan, Ved; Grignon, Sylvain. Series: Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice. Num Pages: 596 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, 17 colour illustrations, 21 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 166 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1006.

This authoritative volume reviews clinical, pathophysiological and therapeutic aspects of oxidative and nitrosative stress in different psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Twenty-nine comprehensive chapters are divided into three distinct sections: clinical aspects, pathophysiological aspects, and therapeutic aspects. Together, these chapters present the environmental, genetic and neurodevelopmental factors in the generation of oxidative stress in psychiatric disorders, with particular emphasis on the biochemical changes associated with oxidative stress in dopaminergic and glutamate neurotransmission as well as mitochondrial dysfunction in the brain and peripheral cells. Through an investigation of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) ... Read more

Written by leading researchers in their fields, Studies on Psychiatric Disorders explores therapeutic approaches with aspects of various antioxidants, cryostimulation, and hyperbaric oxygen treatment in oxidative stress in neuropsychiatric diseases. The volume also discusses the role of antipsychotics in the treatment of schizophrenia on nitric oxide generation and biomarkers of oxidative stress together with the clinical symptomatology. Overall, it proposes that novel therapeutic strategies such as supplementation with antioxidants—in particular polyphenols, ω-3 fatty acids orcombination of both—could be effective for long-term treatment of some neuropsychiatric disorders.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Humana Press
Condition
New
Series
Oxidative Stress in Applied Basic Research and Clinical Practice
Number of Pages
596
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781493904396
SKU
V9781493904396
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

About N/A
Anna Dietrich-Muszalska is a professor of psychiatry and head of the Department of Biological Psychiatry of the Chair of Experimental and Clinical Physiology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland, where she obtained her PhD in psychiatry, her MD specializing in psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry, and received her training in clinical psychiatry. She worked in the Clinic of Child and ... Read more

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