Micronutrients and brain health. (©2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Lester Packer [and others].
• Other Names: Packer, Lester
• Contents: Neuroprotection after cardiac arrest by avoiding acute hyperoxia and by antioxidant genomic postconditioning / Gary Fiskum and Robert E. Rosenthal -- The neuroprotective role of micronutrients in Parkinson's disease / Kristen Malkus, Elpida Tsika, and Harry Ischiropoulos -- Phytoestrogens and brain health / Liqin Zhao and Roberta Diaz Brinton -- Food antioxidants and Alzheimer's disease / Emma Ramiro-Puig [and others] -- Micronutrient antioxidants, cognition, and neuropathology: a longitudinal study in the canine model of human aging / Wycliffe O. Opii and Elizabeth Head -- Excitatory amino acids, S-nitrosylation, and protein misfolding in neurodegenerative disease: protection by memantine and nitromemantine at NMDA-gated channels / Tomohiro Nakamura and Stuart A. Lipton -- Cognitive and behavioral consequences of iron deficiency in women of reproductive age / Laura E. Murray-Kolb -- Micronutrient needs of the developing brain: priorities and assessment / Anita J. Fuglestad, Sara E. Ramel, and Michael K. Georgieff -- Therapeutics of Alzheimer's disease based on metal bioavailability / Su San Mok and Ashley I. Bush -- Lipoic acid as a novel treatment for mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease / Annette Maczurek [and others]. Zinc and the cytoskeleton in neuronal signaling / Gerardo G. Mackenzie and Patricia I. Oteiza -- Tocotrienol neuroprotection: the most potent biological function of all natural forms of vitamin E / Chandan K. Sen, Savita Khanna, and Sashwati Roy -- Fruits, nuts, and brain aging : nutritional interventions targeting age-related neuronal and behavioral deficits / James A. Joseph, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, and Lauren M. Willis -- Modulation of multiple pathways involved in the maintenance of neuronal function by fisetin / Pamela Maher -- Dietary flavonoids as neuroprotective agents / Jeremy P.E. Spencer [and others] -- Actions of bioactive phytochemicals in cell function and Alzheimer's disease pathology / Richard E. Hartman -- Does ginkgo biloba extract exert an effect on Alzheimer's disease progression / Yves Christen -- Green tea polyphenols protect neurons against Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease / Baou Zhao -- Transport of flavonoids into the brain / Paul E. Milbury -- Prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases by spice-derived phytochemicals / Bharat B. Aggarwal, Kuzhuvelil B. Harikumar, and Sanjit Dey -- Neurohormetic properties of the phytochemical resveratrol / Andrea Lisa Holme and Shazib Pervaiz -- Sirtuin and resveratrol / Antoni Camins [and others] -- Acetyl-l-carnitine and ferulic acid action in aging and neurodegenerative diseases / Rena A. Sowell, Christopher D. Aluise, and D. Allan Butterfield -- Evidence required for causal inferences about effects of micronutrient deficiencies during development on brain health: DHA, choline, iron, and vitamin D / Joyce C. McCann and Bruce N. Ames -- Omega-3 fatty acids and brain function in older people / Ricardo Uauy and Alan D. Dangour -- Iron and monoamine oxidase in brain function and dysfunction : development of neuroprotective-neurorescue drugs / Orly Weinreb [and others] -- Antioxidative defense of brain microglial cells / Ralf Dringen and Johannes Hirrlinger -- Branched-chain amino acids and brain metabolism / Radovan Murin and Bernd Hamprecht.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Copyright Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 434 pages, [4] pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 612.8/2; Brain -- Metabolism; Trace elements in nutrition; Nutrition; Neuroprotective agents; Oxidative stress; Micronutrients -- therapeutic use; Neuroprotective Agents -- therapeutic use; Brain -- physiology; Neurodegenerative Diseases -- prevention & control; MEDICAL -- Neuroscience; PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology; Brain -- Metabolism; Neuroprotective agents; Nutrition; Oxidative stress; Trace elements in nutrition; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420073522; 1420073524
• Related ISBNs: 9781420073515; 1420073516
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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