Metal Related Neurodegenerative Disease

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences

• Author: Kailash P Bhatia, Susanne Schneider
• ISBN: 9780124105355
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication: November 7, 2013
• Imprint: Academic Press
• Language: English

This issue reviews the role of metals in neurodegenerative diseases; including Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease; restless leg syndrome and NBIA disorders; and Wilson’s disease and manganese and calcium accumulation disorders. An update on advances in neuroimaging and pathology of metal related disease is also presented.

• This volume of International Review of Neurobiology brings together cutting-edge research on metal related neurodegenerative disease
• It reviews the role of metals in neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease; restless leg syndrome and NBIA disorders; and Wilson’s disease and manganese and calcium accumulation disorders
• An update on advances in neuroimaging and pathology of metal related disease is also presented