Heat Shock Proteins in Neural Cells / Edition 1

by Christiane Richter-Landsberg

Overview

This valuable new title addresses the role of heat shock proteins and cellular stress responses in the brain, with a major focus on nerve cells and glia, namely oligodendrocytes and astrocytes. Heat shock proteins are involved in many physiological processes, including development and differentiation, organisation of the cytoarchitecture by binding to cytoskeletal elements, and regulation of the balance between cell death and survival.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780387399522
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	06/25/2008
Series:	Neuroscience Intelligence Unit
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	115
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Heat Shock Proteins.- Small Heat Shock Proteins and the Cytoskeleton.- The Role of Hsps in Neuronal Differentiation and Development.- Heme Oxygenase as a Therapeutic Funnel in Nutritional Redox Homeostasis and Cellular Stress Response.- Heat Shock Proteins and the Regulation of Apoptosis.- Assembly of Protein Aggregates in Neurodegeneration.- The Role of Heat Shock Proteins during Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s Disease.- Heat Shock Proteins in Multiple Sclerosis.