Neuropeptides in neuroprotection and neuroregeneration. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Fred Nyberg.
• Other Names: Nyberg, F
• Contents: Ch. 1. Neuropeptide systems : some basic concepts / Tomas Hokfelt [and others] -- ch. 2. Neuropeptide biosynthesis / Margery C. Beinfeld -- ch. 3. Neuropeptide degradation related to the expression of the physiological action of neuropeptides / Chikai Sakurada [and others] -- ch. 4. Neuropeptides, isolation, identification, and quantitation / Jolanta Kotlinska and Jerzy Silberring -- ch. 5. Cellular and molecular processes of neuronal damage and mechanisms in neuroprotection and neuroregeneration : focus on brain ischemia / Gregor Zundorf, Daniel Forster, and Georg Reiser -- ch. 6. Dynorphins in central nervous system pathology / Kurt F. Hauser [and others] -- ch. 7. Postnatal stress procedures induce long-term endocrine and metabolic alterations involving different proopiomelanocortin- derived peptides / Alberto Loizzo [and others] -- ch. 8. Prothymosin [alpha] : a novel endogenous neuroprotective polypeptide against ischemic damages / Hiroshi Ueda, Hayato Matsunaga, and Sebok K. Halder -- ch. 9. Influence of anabolic androgenic steroids on dynorphinergic pathways in rat's brain / Kristina Magnusson -- ch. 10. Angiotensin II receptors and neuroprotection / Robert E. Widdop [and others] -- ch. 11. PACAP and cellular protection : cellular protection by members of the VIP/secretin family with an emphasis on pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) / Lee E. Eiden -- ch. 12. General strategies of peptide synthesis / Aleksandra Misicka -- ch. 13. Addressing the interactions between opioid ligands and their receptors : classic and nonclassic cases / Luca Gentilucci -- ch. 14. Use of peptides as drug leads : a case study on the development of dipeptides corresponding to the heptapeptide substance P(1-7), with intriguing effects on neuropathic pain / Rebecca Fransson and Anja Sandstrom -- ch. 15. Cognition-enhancing peptides and peptidomimetics / Fred J. Nyberg and Mathias Hallberg.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 572/.65; Neuroprotective agents; Central nervous system -- Regeneration; Neuropeptides; Central nervous system; Neuropeptides; Neuroprotective Agents -- therapeutic use; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry; Central nervous system; Central nervous system -- Regeneration; Neuropeptides; Neuroprotective agents; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439830635; 1439830630
• Related ISBNs: 9781439830628
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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