Animal Models Of Dementia

Author : Peter Paul De Deyn,Debby Van Dam
Publisher : Humana Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1607618974

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With an ever-increasing elderly population and the resultant rising levels of dementia-related disorders, preclinical research based on animal models is pivotal to our knowledge of underlying molecular mechanisms and drug discovery aiming at the development of therapeutic strategies alleviating or preventing the neurological devastation. In Animal Models of Dementia, expert researchers provide contributions that stress the importance of extensively validated animal models in drug discovery and development in order to predict clinical activity. Beginning with general aspects of animal modeling, related ethical issues, and essential methodological considerations, the highly detailed volume then continues with various levels of model validation, including pathological, behavioral, neurochemical, pharmacological, and imaging aspects, followed by sections focused on specific disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy and adrenoleukodystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia as well as vascular dementia and more. As a volume in the renowned Neuromethods series, this book offers a detailed, yet accessible, overview of currently available animal models in the field of dementia research, and touches, as well, upon more general areas linked to the development and use of animal models. Comprehensive and efficient, Animal Models of Dementia will significantly aid both experienced animal researchers as well as investigators on the verge of beginning animal model-based dementia research.

Author : Peter Paul De Deyn,Debby Van Dam
Publisher : Humana Press
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1607618990

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Animal Models of Dementia by Peter Paul De Deyn,Debby Van Dam Pdf

With an ever-increasing elderly population and the resultant rising levels of dementia-related disorders, preclinical research based on animal models is pivotal to our knowledge of underlying molecular mechanisms and drug discovery aiming at the development of therapeutic strategies alleviating or preventing the neurological devastation. In Animal Models of Dementia, expert researchers provide contributions that stress the importance of extensively validated animal models in drug discovery and development in order to predict clinical activity. Beginning with general aspects of animal modeling, related ethical issues, and essential methodological considerations, the highly detailed volume then continues with various levels of model validation, including pathological, behavioral, neurochemical, pharmacological, and imaging aspects, followed by sections focused on specific disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, metachromatic leukodystrophy and adrenoleukodystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia as well as vascular dementia and more. As a volume in the renowned Neuromethods series, this book offers a detailed, yet accessible, overview of currently available animal models in the field of dementia research, and touches, as well, upon more general areas linked to the development and use of animal models. Comprehensive and efficient, Animal Models of Dementia will significantly aid both experienced animal researchers as well as investigators on the verge of beginning animal model-based dementia research.

Author : Joseph T. Coyle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015012461433

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Animal Models of Dementia by Joseph T. Coyle Pdf

Author : Manfred Bergener,Barry Reisberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783642466588

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Senile Dementia by Manfred Bergener,Barry Reisberg Pdf

Senile dementia is one of the major health problems confronting mankind in this century. To some extent the problem has, of course, always existed. The condition was sufficiently troubling to classical philosophers and jurists to have apparently provoked comments by Solon in approximately 500 B. C. and Plato in the fourth century B. C. (Plutarch 1967 translation; Plato 1921 translation). Medical recognition can be traced at least as far back as the second century A. D. (Adams 1861). However, several factors have converged in this century to extend the absolute dimensions of the problem of senile dementia and to increase societal, medical, and scientific recogni tion of the magnitude of the condition. Perhaps the most important factor relating to the present importance of senile dementia is demographic. Although the human population has been increasing since the mid-eighteenth century, it has only been since the advent of the twentieth century that a decrease in mortality has been noted for those over the age of 45 (McKeown 1976). Consequently, the absolute number of aged persons and the proportion of increasingly aged persons in the populations of the world's industrial nations have been steadily increasing. For example, in the United States, 4% ofthe population was over the age of 65 in 1900. In the 1970 census, this proportion had grown to 10%.

Author : Agustín Ibáñez,Lucas Sedeño,Adolfo M. García,Robert M.J. Deacon,Patricia Cogram
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9782889454945

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Human and Animal Models for Translational Research on Neurodegeneration: Challenges and Opportunities From South America by Agustín Ibáñez,Lucas Sedeño,Adolfo M. García,Robert M.J. Deacon,Patricia Cogram Pdf

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 important breakthroughs. This emerging agenda poses new challenges for the region but also new opportunities for the field. This book aims to integrate the community of experts across the globe and the region, and to establish new challenges and developments for future investigation. We present research focused on neurodegenerative research in South America. We introduce studies assessing the interplay among genetic, neural, and behavioral dimensions of these diseases, as well as articles on vulnerability factors, comparisons of findings from various countries, and works promoting multicenter and collaborative networking. More generally, our book covers a broad scope of human-research approaches (behavioral assessment, neuroimaging, electromagnetic techniques, brain connectivity, peripheral measures), animal methodologies (genetics, epigenetics, proteomics, metabolomics, other molecular biology tools), species (all human and non-human animals, sporadic, and genetic versions), and article types (original research, review, and opinion papers). Through this wide-ranging proposal, we hope to introduce a fresh approach to the challenges and opportunities of research on neurodegeneration in South America.

Author : Siegfried Hoyer,Dorothea Müller,Konstanze Plaschke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783709193501

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Cell and Animal Models in Aging and Dementia Research by Siegfried Hoyer,Dorothea Müller,Konstanze Plaschke Pdf

Although age has been recognized as a risk factor for late-onset dementia of Alzheimer type, its etiology is unknown as yet. Several age-related metabolic abnormalities may thus become important for the pathogenesis of the late-onset form. Studies at the cellular/molecular level in brain tissue are possible post mortem, but lack information on the beginning of the disorder. In this supplement, different approaches are dealt with how to induce structural and/or metabolic abnormalities in relevant cell cultures, in brain slices and in experimental animals, and how behavioral changes parallel the metabolic variations.

Author : Edward D. Levin,Jerry J. Buccafusco
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420004335

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Animal Models of Cognitive Impairment by Edward D. Levin,Jerry J. Buccafusco Pdf

The costs associated with a drug’s clinical trials are so significant that it has become necessary to validate both its safety and efficacy in animal models prior to the continued study of the drug in humans. Featuring contributions from distinguished researchers in the field of cognitive therapy research, Animal Models of Cognitive Impairment examines some of the most popular and successful animal archetypes used in the context of drug discovery. It provides integrated coverage of the latest research concerning neuronal systems relevant to cognitive function and dysfunction, assimilating reviews of this research within the context of each chapter. This approach is unique in that it brings together molecular and neurochemical methodologies, behavioral applications in translational models, and clinical applications. The book comprehensively discusses a wide variety of animal models of cognitive impairment, including genetic, lesion, pharmacological, and aging related impairments. It also explores the significance of this research in regards to the treatment of various addictions and disorders such as stroke, autism, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, and ADHD. Edited by two renowned authorities in the field, Animal Models of Cognitive Impairment is a timely book that provides integrated coverage of cutting-edge research that concerns neuronal systems relevant to cognitive function and dysfunction.

Author : Jerry J. Buccafusco
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781420041811

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Methods of Behavior Analysis in Neuroscience by Jerry J. Buccafusco Pdf

Using the most well-studied behavioral analyses of animal subjects to promote a better understanding of the effects of disease and the effects of new therapeutic treatments on human cognition, Methods of Behavior Analysis in Neuroscience provides a reference manual for molecular and cellular research scientists in both academia and the pharmaceutic

Author : G. Casadesus
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781607507338

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Handbook of Animal Models in Alzheimer’s Disease by G. Casadesus Pdf

Animals have been used to model diseases or test new treatments since around 300 BC, and undoubtedly our ability to model disease in animals – including transgenic animals – has provided major breakthroughs in all fields of biomedical research. Due to their complexity and plurality of pathology and symptomatology, the study of neurodegenerative diseases relies heavily on animal models. These models have been developed in many species in the attempt to undercover the complex nature of the disease mechanisms involved. The ultimate goal is to test promising therapies and to manage, prevent or cure neurodegenerative disease. But because most animal models in this area do not reproduce the full phenotypical disease spectrum and the etiology and clinical presentation of neurodegenerative diseases differ from one patient to the next, the testing of these diseases in animal models often translates poorly to indices of efficacy when applied to the clinical population. Written by experts in the field with these advances and challenges in mind, this handbook provides an updated overview of the animal models being developed and used to study complex disease dynamics. The first part of the book presents an overview of animal models of various species and includes a review of new invertebrate animal models to study neurodegeneration. The second section presents the use of animal models to pinpoint disease mechanisms, and the last part of the handbook examines the various therapeutic interventions being used in models of neurodegenerative disease.

Author : Kathrin Herrmann,Kimberley Jayne
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 749 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004391192

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Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change by Kathrin Herrmann,Kimberley Jayne Pdf

Animal experimentation has been one of the most controversial areas of animal use, mainly due to the intentional harms inflicted upon animals for the sake of hoped-for benefits in humans. Despite this rationale for continued animal experimentation, shortcomings of this practice have become increasingly more apparent and well-documented. However, these limitations are not yet widely known or appreciated, and there is a danger that they may simply be ignored. The 51 experts who have contributed to Animal Experimentation: Working Towards a Paradigm Change critically review current animal use in science, present new and innovative non-animal approaches to address urgent scientific questions, and offer a roadmap towards an animal-free world of science.

Author : Arjan Blokland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Animal experimentation
ISBN : 9052780331

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Animal Models of Cognitive Aging and Dementia in the Rat : Problems and Perspectives by Arjan Blokland Pdf

Author : Siegfried Hoyer,D. Müller,K. Plaschke
Publisher : Springer Verlag
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Aging
ISBN : 0387825495

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Cell and Animal Models in Aging and Dementia Research by Siegfried Hoyer,D. Müller,K. Plaschke Pdf

Author : Bruce L. Miller,Bradley F. Boeve
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107077201

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The Behavioral Neurology of Dementia by Bruce L. Miller,Bradley F. Boeve Pdf

Distils the most valuable discoveries in dementia research into clear, insightful chapters written by international experts.

Author : Jennifer L. Bizon,Alisa Woods
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-12
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781597454223

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Animal Models of Human Cognitive Aging by Jennifer L. Bizon,Alisa Woods Pdf

Significant improvements in lifestyle and medical science are leading to an ever increasing elderly population in the United States and other developed nations. The U.S census bureau estimates that the number of people over 65 will nearly double by 2030, and that the elderly will comprise nearly one-fifth of the world’s entire population within the next 20 years. In Animal Models of Human Cognitive Aging, Jennifer Bizon, Alisa Woods, and a panel of international authorities comprehensively discuss the use of animal models as a tool for understanding cognitive changes associated with the aging process. The book provides substantive background on the newest and most widely used animal models in studies of cognition and aging, while detailing the normal and pathological processes of brain aging of humans in relation to those models. Additional chapters comprehensively review frontal cortical deficits and executive function in primates as related to humans, and the use of transgenic modulation in mice to model Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases. Groundbreaking and authoritative, Animal Models of Human Cognitive Aging provides a valuable resource for Neuroscientists, Gerontological Scientists and all aging medicine researchers, while serving as a primer for understanding current brain aging studies.

Author : Tahira Farooqui,Akhlaq A. Farooqui
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781119155171

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Neuroprotective Effects of Phytochemicals in Neurological Disorders by Tahira Farooqui,Akhlaq A. Farooqui Pdf

Phytochemicals are naturally occurring bioactive compounds found in edible fruits, plants, vegetables, and herbs. Unlike vitamins and minerals, phytochemicals are not needed for the maintenance of cell viability, but they play a vital role in protecting neural cells from inflammation and oxidative stress associated with normal aging and acute and chronic age-related brain diseases. Neuroprotective Effects of Phytochemicals in Neurological Disorders explores the advances in our understanding of the potential neuroprotective benefits that these naturally occurring chemicals contain. Neuroprotective Effects of Phytochemicals in Neurological Disorders explores the role that a number of plant-based chemical compounds play in a wide variety of neurological disorders. Chapters explore the impact of phytochemicals on neurotraumatic disorders, such as stroke and spinal cord injury, alongside neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, as well as neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia. The chapters and sections of this book provide the reader with a big picture view of this field of research. Neuroprotective Effects of Phytochemicals in Neurological Disorders aims to present readers with a comprehensive and cutting edge look at the effects of phytochemicals on the brain and neurological disorders in a manner useful to researchers, neuroscientists, clinical nutritionists, and physicians.