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Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia (eBook, PDF)

Methods and Protocols

Redaktion: Roberson, Erik D.

Beschreibung

Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia, two of the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases, are dreaded disorders that attack the neural networks underlying memory and personality, systems that make us who we are. Major breakthroughs in recent years have spurred new research approaches to these conditions. In Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia: Methods and Protocols, expert investigators bring together the many divergent areas of expertise used to study these diseases, including behavior, electrophysiology, confocal microscopy, and hardcore biochemistry. Beginning with an overview of the two diseases and contemporary research on them, the book continues with specialized protocols for working with amyloid-ß peptide, tau, and apolipoprotein E as well as experimental systems for studying AD and FTD, including cell and animal models, and outcome measures that can be used to assess neuronal function in these systems. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology(TM) series format, chapters include brief introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Authoritative and easy to use, Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia: Methods and Protocols serves as an ideal guide for all scientists pursuing the cause and cure of these widespread and nightmarishly debilitating disorders.

Technische Details

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• Größe: 8MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Humana Press
• Seitenzahl: 277
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781607617440
• Artikelnr.: 64692135

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This book brings together research authorities in the field of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) to share their laboratory methods and protocols for molecular and model systems and outcome research in the field of neurodegenerative biomedical research. ... The audience includes all laboratory scientists interested in molecular and neuroscience research that seeks a cause and cure for these two devastating disorders. ... The book is thoughtfully written and will have the greatest appeal for those with a familiarity with laboratory research methods." (Charlene Hoffman Snyder, Doody's Review Service, February, 2011)

"This is a collection of relatively modern methodologies, focused primarily on the study of amyloid-beta processing ... . Research technicians will find the 'notes' sections particularly valuable ... . provides a nice reference for anyone interested in studying putative models of Alzheimer's disease. ... Overall, the book is well organized, well written, appropriately succinct, and exceedingly useful in those areas that are addressed, and provides a valuable reference to the basic scientist studying Alzheimer's disease." (Rudy J. Castellani, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Vol. 25, 2011)