Neurodegenerative Diseases (eBook)

Part 1: Major Neurodegenerative Conditions .- Alzheimer’s Disease – Insights from Genetic Mouse Models and Current Advances in Human IPSC-Derived Neurons.- Clinical Aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease.- Parkinson’s Disease: Basic Pathomechanisms and a Clinical Overview.- Huntington’s Disease:  Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets.- The Complexity of Clinical Huntington’s Disease: Developments in Molecular Genetics, Neuropathology and Neuroimaging Biomarkers.- Motoneurone Disease – Basic Science.- Motoneurone Disease – Clinical.- Multiple Sclerosis – Basic and Clinical.- Part 2: Other Neurological Conditions .- Schizophrenia—Basic and Clinical.- Stroke – Basic and Clinical.- Epileptic Encephalopathies as Neurodegenerative Disorders.- Neurodegeneration and Pathology in Epilepsy–Clinical and Basic Perspectives.- Prion Disease – Basic and Clinical.- Leukodystrophies – Basic and Clinical.- Traumatic Brain Injury as a Trigger of Neurodegeneration.- Part 3: Key Background and Key Technologies.- Cell Death Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration.- Neuroglia: Functional Paralysis and Reactivity in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Pathologies.- Advances in Neuroimaging for Neurodegenerative Disease.- Gene Linkage and Systems Biology.- Biomarkers in Neurodegenerative Diseases.