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Beschreibung
Internationally recognized investigators review the latest developments in, and novel approaches to, understanding the prion protein and prion diseases at the molecular level. Utilizing a variety of cutting-edge techniques, these distinguished scientists seek to define the normal function of a prion protein, to detect and measure the early immune response to prion disease, and to discover possible therapeutic targets. They also use transgenic mice and new electrophysiological investigations to elucidate the pathogenetic mechanisms involved in prion diseases. State-of-the-art and richly insightful, Molecular Pathology of the Prions captures for basic and clinical neuropathologists the latest developments and approaches to understanding the pathogenesis of prion diseases, and by analogy suggests possible research techniques for the more common proteinopthies, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
Internationally recognized investigators review the latest developments in, and novel approaches to, understanding the prion protein and prion diseases at the molecular level. Utilizing a variety of cutting-edge techniques, these distinguished scientists seek to define the normal function of a prion protein, to detect and measure the early immune response to prion disease, and to discover possible therapeutic targets. They also use transgenic mice and new electrophysiological investigations to elucidate the pathogenetic mechanisms involved in prion diseases. State-of-the-art and richly insightful, Molecular Pathology of the Prions captures for basic and clinical neuropathologists the latest developments and approaches to understanding the pathogenesis of prion diseases, and by analogy suggests possible research techniques for the more common proteinopthies, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
What Would Thomas Henry Huxley Have Made of Prion Diseases?
Rosalind M. Ridley

Prion Protein as Copper-Binding Protein at the Synapse
Hans A. Kretzschmar, Tobias Tings, Axel Madlung, Armin Giese, and Jochen Herms

A Function for the Prion Protein?
David R. Brown and Ian M. Jones

Prion Protein Peptide: Agents of Death for Neurons
David R. Brown

Characterization of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Scrapie Strains/Isolates by Immunochemical Analysis of PrPSc
Martin H. Groschup, Frauke Junghans, Martin Eiden, and Thorsten Kuczius

Differential Targeting of Neurons by Prion Strains
Stephen J. DeArmond

Transgenic Studies of Prion Diseases
Glenn C. Telling

Prions: From Neurografts to Neuroinvasion
Markus Glatzel, Sebastian Brandner, Michael A. Klein, and Adriano Aguzzi

Cellular and Transgenic Models of Familial Prion Diseases
David A. Harris, Roberto Chiesa, Antonio Migheli, Pedro Piccardo, and Bernardino Ghetti

Central Nervous System Inflammation and Prion Disease Pathogenesis
Samar Betmouni and V. Hugh Perry

The Electroneuropathology of Prion Disease
J. Richard Greene

Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Neurobiology and Ultrastructure Suggests Extracellular PrPSc Conversion Consistent with Classical Amyloidosis
Martin Jeffrey and Jan R. Fraser

Conformation as Therapeutic Target in the Prionoses and Other Neurodegenerative Conditions
Thomas Wisniewski, Einar M. Sigurdsson, Pierre Aucouturier, and Blas Frangione

Prions of Yeast: From Cytoplasmic Genes to Heritable Amyloidosis
Reed B. Wickner, Herman K. Edskes, Kimberly L. Taylor, Marie-Lise Maddelein, Hiromitsu Moriyama, and B. Tibor Roberts
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Andere Fachgebiete
Genre: Importe, Medizin
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xii
279 S.
96 s/w Illustr.
1 farbige Illustr.
ISBN-13: 9781617372520
ISBN-10: 1617372528
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Baker, Harry F.
Redaktion: Baker, Harry F.
Herausgeber: Harry F Baker
Auflage: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st edition 2001
Hersteller: Humana Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Humana Press in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-14197 Berlin, juergen.hartmann@springer.com
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Harry F. Baker
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.11.2010
Gewicht: 0,478 kg
Artikel-ID: 107089167