Neurodegeneration: From Genetics to Molecules

• Main Author: Rosalinda Guevara-Guzman (auth)
• Other Authors: Karla Guadalupe Carvajal (auth), Marco Antonio Meraz-Rios (auth), Victoria Campos-Pena (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Sirtuins; pleiotrophin; Parkinson's disease; Oxidative Stress; epigenetic; Epilepsy; neurodegeneration; Inflammation; 5-lipoxygenase; Alzheimer's disease
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Chronic degenerative diseases are one of the major public health problems, particularly those affecting the nervous system. They are characterized by the degeneration of specific cell populations that include several pathologies which contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality in the elderl...