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Neuroprotective signal transduction / edited by Mark P. Mattson.
- Title
- Neuroprotective signal transduction / edited by Mark P. Mattson.
- Publication
- Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [1998], ©1998.
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- Additional Authors
- Mattson, Mark Paul.
- Description
- x, 347 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Contemporary neuroscience
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary neuroscience.
- Subjects
- Neuroprotective Agents > pharmacology
- Cellular signal transduction
- Growth Substances > physiology
- Nervous system > Degeneration > Molecular aspects
- Signal Transduction > physiology
- Nervous system > Degeneration > Chemoprevention
- Neurons > physiology
- Growth factors
- Neurotrophic functions
- Growth Substances > pharmacology
- Nervous System Diseases > physiopathology
- Molecular neurobiology
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Neuroprotective Strategies Involving the Neurotrophins and Their Signaling Pathways / Joe E. Springer and Patrick H. Kitzman -- 2. Nerve Growth Factor and Its Receptors in the Primate Forebrain: Alterations in Alzheimer's Disease and Potential Use in Experimental Therapeutics / Elliott J. Mufson and J. H. Kordower -- 3. Molecular Mechanisms of Neuroprotection from Neuronal Death by Trophic Factor Deprivation / Thomas L. Deckwerth -- 4. Gene Induction and Neuronal Apoptosis / Steve Estus -- 5. Clinical Potential of Compounds That Stimulate Nerve Growth Factor Production / Atsumi Nitta, Shoei Furukawa and Toshitaka Nabeshima -- 6. Preclinical Studies of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) in Experimental Models of Stroke / Ilknur Ay and Seth P. Finklestein -- 7. Transforming Growth Factor-[beta] Signaling and Neuroprotection: Relevance to Ischemic Brain Injury, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's Disease / Kerstin Krieglstein and Josef Krieglstein --
- 8. Protective and Regenerative Properties of GDNF in the Central Nervous System / Wayne A. Cass, Cecilia M. Kearns and Don M. Gash -- 9. Tumor Necrosis Factor: The Good, the Bad, and the Umbra / Steven W. Barger -- 10. Neuroprotective Strategies Based on Interleukin Signaling / David Martin, Gerald Miller and Norman Fischer -- 11. Signaling by [beta]-Amyloid Precursor Protein / Katsutoshi Furukawa -- 12. Clinical Potential of Agents That Affect Thrombin Signaling in Degenerative and Traumatic Neurologic Disorders / Barry W. Festoff -- 13. Thrombin and Thrombin Inhibitors: Roles in Acute and Chronic Neurodegenerative Disorders / Virginia L. Smith-Swintosky -- 14. Deleterious and Salutary Effects of Steroid Hormones in the Nervous System: Possible Mediating Cellular Mechanisms / Robert M. Sapolsky -- 15. Therapeutic Potential of Leukocyte Antiadhesion Strategies in CNS Ischemia / Wayne M. Clark and Justin A. Zivin --
- 16. Neuroprotective Strategies Based on Targeting of Postreceptor Signaling Events / Mark P. Mattson.
- ISBN
- 0896034739 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 97037497
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries