Neurodegenerative Diseases: Processes, Prevention, Protection and Monitoring

This book focuses on biological mechanisms, prevention, neuroprotection and even monitoring of disease progression. The book emphasizes the general biological processes of neurodegeneration in different neurodegenerative diseases. This book is suitable for different readers: college students can use it as a textbook; researchers in academic institutions and pharmaceutical companies can take it as updated research information; health care professionals can take it as a reference book, even patients' families, relatives and friends can take it as a good basis to understand neurodegenerative diseases. 

The first three sections introduce how toxic proteins, intracellular calcium and oxidative stress affect different biological signaling pathways or molecular machineries to inform neurons to undergo degeneration. A section discusses how neighboring glial cells modulate or promote neurodegeneration. 
In the next section an evaluation is given of how hormonal and metabolic control modulate disease progression, which is followed by a section exploring some preventive methods using natural products and new pharmacological targets. Authors explore how medical devices facilitate patient monitoring.