Immunotherapy and biomarkers in neurodegenerative disorders. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Martin Ingelsson and Lars Lannfelt.
• Editors: Ingelsson, Martin; Lannfelt, Lars
• Contents: Part I: Immunotherapy Against Amyloid-b in Alzheimer's Disease 1. Immunotherapy Against Amyloid-β in Alzheimer's Disease: An Overview Niels D. Prins 2. Active Immunization Against the Amyloid-β Peptide Enchi Liu and J. Michael Ryan 3. Immunotherapy Against N-Truncated Amyloid-β Oligomers Thomas A. Bayer and Oliver Wirths 4. Immunotherapy Against Amyloid-β Protofibrils: Opportunities and Challenges Lars Lannfelt Part II: Immunotherapy in Other Neurodegenerative Disorders 5. Immunotherapy Against α-Synuclein Pathology Elvira Valera and Eliezer Masliah 6. Extracellular α-Synuclein as a Target for Immunotherapy Jun Sung Lee and Seung-Jae Lee 7. Immunotherapy of Parkinson's Disease Achim Schneeberger, Suzanne Hendrix, and Markus Mandler 8. Tau Immunotherapy Einar M. Sigurdsson 9. Active and Passive Immunotherapy Against Tau: Effects and Potential Mechanisms Kiran Yanamandra, Marc I. Diamond, and David M. Holtzman 10. Immunotherapy on Experimental Models for Huntington's Disease Anne Messer Part III: Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Disorders 11. Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease Henrik Zetterberg and Jonathan M. Schott 12. Volumetric MRI as a Diagnostic Tool in Alzheimer's Disease Eric Westman, Lena Cavalin, and Lars-Olof Wahlund 13. PET Imaging as a Diagnostic Tool in Alzheimer´s Disease Juha O. Rinne 14. Αlpha-Synuclein as a Diagnostic Biomarker for Parkinson's Disease Joakim Bergström and Martin Ingelsson 15. Imaging as a Diagnostic Tool in Parkinson's Disease Johan Wikström and Torsten Danfors 16. Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics in Biomarker Discovery for Neurodegenerative Diseases Sravani Musunuri, Ganna Shevchenko, and Jonas Bergquist.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Humana Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 289 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 616.806; Medicine; Nervous system -- Diseases -- Immunotherapy; Biochemical markers; Biochemical markers; Neurodegenerative Diseases -- therapy; Biomarkers; Toxicology; Medical -- Pharmacology; Pharmacology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781493935604; 1493935607; 1493935585; 9781493935581
• Related ISBNs: 9781493935581
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 19, 2016).
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