| Description |
244 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
Motor neuron disease : causes, classification and treatments / Louisa Ng, Fary Khan -- Membrane trafficking defects as determinants of motor neuron susceptibility and degeneration in ALS / Bradley J. Turner, Julie D. Atkin -- Motoneuron specific calcium dysregulation and perturbed cellular calcium homestasis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : recent advances gained from genetically modified animals and cell culture models / Manoj Kumar Jaiswal -- Treatment of ALS utilizing a stem cell strategy / Xiufang Guo, James J. Hickman -- Tdp-43-immunoreactive pathology in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP proteinopathy (FTLD-TDP) with and without associated motor neuron disease (MND) / R.A. Armstrong -- Excitotoxicity and selective motor neuron degeneration / K.A. Staats, L. Van Den Bosch -- Stem cell application in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : growth factor delivery and cell therapy / Ksenija Bernau, Michael G. Meyer, Masatoshi Suzuki -- Therapeutic intervention in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) / Haruhiko Banno ... [et al.] -- Expert commentary : motor neuron disease : assistive technology / Louisa Ng, Fary Khan -- Comparative study on application of invasive ventilation and non-invasive ventilation to ALS patients in Europe, the USA, and Japan / Rika Yamauchi, Jun Kawamata, Shun Shimohama -- Motor speech disorder in patients with motor neuron disease / Hideto Saigusa -- Non-viral gene delivery of the GDNF, either alone or fused to the C-fragment of tetanus toxin protein, prolongs survival in a mouse ALS model / Rosario Osta -- Motor neuron disease / Kazumi Murai -- Motor neuron disease / Anil Kumar -- Bulbospinal muscular atrophy (BSMA) Kennedy's disease / J. Finsterer |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Motor neurons -- Diseases.
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Motor Neuron Disease -- etiology.
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Motor Neuron Disease -- classification.
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Motor Neuron Disease -- therapy.
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| Author |
Turner, Bradley James.
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Atkin, Julie.
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| LC no. |
2011020018 |
| ISBN |
9781614701019 (hardcover) |
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1614701016 (hardcover) |
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