Neurodegeneration and Prion Disease - Brown, David R.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2005)
Neuropathology of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Prion Diseases) -- Central Pathogenesis of Prion Diseases -- Hereditary Prion Protein Amyloidoses -- Mouse Behavioural Studies and What They Can Teach Us about Prion Diseases -- Electrophysiological Approaches to the Study of Prion Diseases -- Prion Protein, Prion Protein-Like Protein, and Neurodegeneration -- Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegeneration of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs) -- Mechanisms of Prion Toxicity and Their Relationship to Prion Infectivity -- A Stone Guest on the Brain: Death as a Prion -- Molecular Mechanisms Mediating Neuronal Cell Death in Experimental Models of Prion Diseases, in vitro -- Processing and Mis-Processing of the Prion Protein: Insights into the Pathogenesis of Familial Prion Disorders -- Signaling Pathways Controling Prion Neurotoxicity: Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Mediated Apoptosis -- Cell Culture Models to Unravel Prion Protein Function and Aberrancies in TSE -- Insights into the Cellular Trafficking of Prion Proteins -- The Molecular Basis of Prion Protein-Mediated Neuronal Damage -- Conclusion: Intervention, the Final Frontier.
Keywords: Neurosciences; Biomathematics; Neurology .; Biochemistry; Veterinary medicine; Molecular biology; Neurosciences; Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics; Neurology; Biochemistry, general; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Molecular Medicine