Full Description
The editor of this volume, having research interests in the field of ROS production and the damage to cellular systems, has identified a number of enzymes showing ·OH scavenging activities details of which are anticipated to be published in the near future as confirmatory experiments are awaited. It is hoped that the information presented in this book on NDs will stimulate both expert and novice researchers in the field with excellent overviews of the current status of research and pointers to future research goals. Clinicians, nurses as well as families and caregivers should also benefit from the material presented in handling and treating their specialised cases. Also the insights gained should be valuable for further understanding of the diseases at molecular levels and should lead to development of new biomarkers, novel diagnostic tools and more effective therapeutic drugs to treat the clinical problems raised by these devastating diseases.
Contents
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis.- Age‑Related Macular Degeneration.- Arachnoid Cysts.- Autism Spectrum Disorders: Information for Pediatricians Supporting Families of Young Children on the Spectrum.- Autosomal Recessive Charcot‑Marie‑Tooth Neuropathy.- Creutzfeldt‑Jakob Disease.- Epigenetics in Autism and other Neurodevelopmental Diseases.- Epilepsy and Epileptic Syndrome.- Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration.- Gerstmann‑ Sträussler ‑Scheinker Disease.- Juvenile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses.- Kuru: The First Prion Disease.- Leukodystrophies.- Machado‑Joseph Disease and other Rare Autosomal Dominant Spinocerebellar Ataxias.- Neurodegenerations Induced by Organophosphorous Compounds.- Mitochondrial Importance in Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's Diseases.- Multiple Sclerosis.- Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 or Steinert's Disease.- Neurodegeneration in Diabetes Mellitus.- Neurofibromatoses.- Oxidative Stress in Developmental Brain Disorders.- Oxidative Stress and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Down Syndrome.- Pick's Disease.- Premature Aging Syndrome.- The Savant Syndrome and its Possible Relationship to Epilepsy.- Sjogren‑Larsson Syndrome.- The Spinocerebellar Ataxias: Clinical Aspects and Molecular Genetics.- Tourette Syndrome.
