Human and Animal Models for Translational Research on Neurodegeneration: Challenges and Opportunities From South America

• Autore principale: Adolfo M. García (auth)
• Altri autori: Lucas Sedeño (auth), Robert M.J. Deacon (auth), Patricia Cogram (auth), Agustin Ibáñez (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Serie: Frontiers Research Topics
• Soggetti: Neurosciences; South America; Multicenter research; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Public Health; Animals; Clinical Protocols; Research; Human Experimentation; Dementia
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Neurodegenerative diseases are the most frequent cause of dementia, representing a burden for public health systems (especially in middle and middle-high income countries). Although most research on this issue is concentrated in first-world centers, growing efforts in South America are affording imp...