Neurotrophic Factors

Neurotrophic Factors
ISBN-10
3642451063
ISBN-13
9783642451065
Series
Neurotrophic Factors
Category
Medical
Pages
514
Language
English
Published
2014-03-25
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Gary R. Lewin, Bruce D. Carter

Description

This book provides critical reviews of the role of neurotrophins and their receptors in a wide variety of diseases including neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington’s syndrome, cognitive function, psychiatric disorders such as clinical depression, Rett syndrome, motoneurone disease, spinal cord injury, pain, metabolic disease and cardiovascular disease. It also contains contributions from leaders in the field dealing with the basic biology, transcriptional and post-translational regulation of the neurotrophins and their receptors. The present book will review all recent areas of progress in the study of neurotrophins and their biological roles.

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