Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / edited by Hiroshi Mitsumoto, Serge Przedborski, Paul H. Gordon.

Other author Mitsumoto, Hiroshi.
Other author Przedborski, Serge.
Other author Gordon, Paul H.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoca Raton : Taylor & Francis, ©2006.
Descriptionxxvi, 830 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Subjects
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

SeriesNeurological disease and therapy ; 78
Neurological disease and therapy 78. ^A234788
Contents History of ALS -- Epidemiology of ALS -- The pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- The causes of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- ALS clinical motor signs and symptoms -- Frontotemporal dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Familial ALS and genetic approaches to ALS -- Objective markers of upper and lower motor neuron dysfunction: electrophysiological studies and neuroimaging technologies -- Classification, diagnosis, and presentation of diagnosis of ALS -- Natural history and prognosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Specifying motor identity in the developing spinal cord -- Neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Excitotoxicity -- Superoxide dismutase, oxidative stress, and ALS -- Neuronal and non-neuronal cell interactions in ALS -- Apoptosis in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Cytoskeletal proteins in the pathogenesis of ALS -- Role of mitochondria in motor neuron degeneration in ALS -- Environmental toxicity and ALS: novel insights from an animal model of ALS-PDC -- Genetic causes and predisposition -- ALS: a protein aggregate disease? -- Neuroinflammation -- The potential of gene therapy for motor neuron diseases -- Experimental models of motor neuron diseases -- Screening for ALS drugs -- Clinical trial methodology -- The multidisciplinary care clinic: the principles and an international perspective -- The ALS patient CARE program - North American patient CARE database -- Symptomatic pharmacotherapy: bulbar and constitutional symptoms -- ALS pharmacotherapy: riluzole and clinical trials -- Rehabilitation -- Nutritional treatment: theoretical and practical issues -- Respiratory care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Psychosocial care for patients with ALS and their caregivers -- Palliative care at the end of life -- Palliative care: family perspective -- End-of-life decision making.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005053812
ISBN0824729242 :
ISBN9780824729240

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