Free radicals in brain pathophysiology / edited by Giuseppe Poli, Enrique Cadenas, Lester Packer.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Poli, G. (Giuseppe), Cadenas, Enrique, Packer, Lester
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Dekker, ©2000.
Series:Oxidative stress and disease ; 5.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1 Free radicals and antioxidants in brain pathophysiology
  • Role of free radicals in the brain in health and disease in relation to synaptic plasticity / John Smythies
  • Neuromodulatory effects of nitric oxide in pain perception / Adalberto Merighi
  • Ischemic and metabolic stress-induced apoptosis / James David Adams
  • Nitrogen radicals in ischemic damage of the brain / Tomris Özben
  • Neuroinflammatory events and enhanced signal transduction processes involved in neurodegeneration / Robert A. Floyd
  • pt. 2. Free radicals in glutamate and catecholamine-mediated neurotoxicity
  • Oxidative stress in glutamate neurotoxicity / Derick S. Han
  • Modulation of glutamate release and toxicity by nitric oxide / C.M. Carvalho
  • Monoamines, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, and the maintenance of mitochondrial function during oxidative stress / Pamela A. Maher
  • Interplay between oxidative stress and calcium homeostasis in acute neuronal damage and neurodegenerative disease / Julie K. Andersen
  • MAO knock-out mice and behavior / Jean Chen Shih
  • DNA strand breakage induced by nitric oxide together with catecholamine: imlications for neurodegenerative disease / Hiroshi Ohshima
  • 6-hydroxydopamine, dopamine, and ferritin: a cycle of reactions sustaining Parkinson's disease? / G.N.L. Jameson
  • pt. 3. Free radicals and antioxidants in neurological disorders
  • ROS and Parkinson's disease: a view to a kill / Serge Przedborski
  • Nitric oxide overproduction and oxidative stress in human idiopathic Parkinson's disease / Emilia Mabel Gatto
  • Molecular and cellular aspects of oxidative damage in Alzheimer's disease / Mark A. Smith
  • Free radical-mediated disruption of cellular ion homeostasis, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neuronal degeneration in sporadic and inherited Alzheimer's disease / Mark P. Mattson
  • Role of transgenic models for the study of oxidative neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease / Miguel A. Pappolla
  • Oxidative protein modifications in Rosenthal fibers: implications for Alexander's disease pathogenesis / Rudolph J. Castellani
  • Superoxide dismutase and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Giuseppe Rotilio
  • pt. 4. Neurodegeneration and antioxidant-based therapeutic approaches
  • Effects of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) on Alzheimer's disease / Yves Christen
  • Glutathione and metallothionein in oxidative stress of Parkinson's disease / Manuchair Ebadi
  • Estrogens and other antioxidants in neuroprotection: implications for Alzheimer's disease / Christian Behl
  • Therapeutic potential of radical scavengers in Parkinson's disease / Silvia Mandel
  • Vitamin E and other antioxidant treatments for the neurobehavioral aspects of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders / Fadi Massoud
  • Nitric oxide and the NMDA receptor in ischemia and reperfusion injury: is NO protective or injurious? / Michael Graham Espey
  • Endogenous protection of retinal photoreceptors against light-induced oxidative stress / Pier Lorenzo Marchiafava.