Unraveling Neuroprotective and Neurodegenerative Signals in Neurodegeneration

• Main Author: Irving E. Vega (auth)
• Other Authors: Timothy J. Collier (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Neuroprotection; Proteinopathy; Parkinson's disease; neurodegeneration; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Proteinopathy is a collective term used to classified neurodegenerative diseases associated with the progressive accumulation of toxic protein molecules in specific brain regions. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a well-known proteinopathy characterize by the accumulation of A peptides and tau prote...