Handbook of the aging brain / [edited by] Eugenia Wang, D. Stephen Snyder.
| Other author | Wang, E. (Eugenia), 1945- |
| Other author | Snyder, D. Stephen. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | San Diego : Academic Press, |
| Description | xviii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Neuroscience 1995 - 2006 |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Aging brain |
| Contents | Normal and abnormal memory: aging and Alzheimer's disease -- Stress, glucocorticoids, and hippocampal aging in rat and human -- Spatial cognition and functional alterations of aged rat hippocampus -- Identification of molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory: the impact of gene targeting -- Normal aging and Alzheimer's disease -- Transgenic mouse models with neurofilament-induced pathologies -- Transgenic models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease -- Toward a genetic analysis of unusually successful neural aging -- The role of the presenilins in Alzheimer's disease -- Mechanisms of neuron death in neurodegenerative diseases of the elderly: role of the Lewy body -- Microtubule-associated protein tau: biochemical modifications, degradation, and Alzheimer's disease -- A novel gene in the armadillo family interacts with presenilin 1 -- Putative links between some of the key pathological features of the Alzheimer's brain -- Unraveling the controversy of human prion protein diseases -- Translational control, apoptosis, and the aging brain -- Astrocyte senescence and the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 98084430 |
| ISBN | 0127346104 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |