Biological roles of neurotrophins --; Molecular anatomy of neurotrophic factors --; Neurotrophin treatment of peripheral sensory neuropathies --; Neurotrophic factors and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis --; Neuropharmacology of insulin-like growth factors --; Neurotrophic factors in peripheral nerve injury and regeneration --; Nerve growth factor treatment for Alzheimer's disease: the experience of the first attempt at intracerebral neurotrophic factor therapy --; Neurotrophic roles of GDNF and related factors --; Role of neurotrophic factors in cerebral ischemia --; Strategies for administering neurotrophic factors to the central nervous system --; Neurotrophic factor mimetics.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This volume provides the first comprehensive overview of a novel field of neuropharmacology. Neurotrophic factors are currently in clinical trials and there is a broad research effort which aims at alternative administration strategies and at replacing them with small molecule mimetics. The field represents a unique and novel approach to the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Nerve growth factor.
Nervous system -- Diseases.
Neurotrophic functions.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QP552
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N36
Book number
C668
1999
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
contributors, P. Aebischer [and others] ; editor, Franz F. Hefti.