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Preface Parti I: Basic Science Chapter 1: Nerve growth factor, the first molecule of the neurotrophin family Chapter 2: First and last time i met Rita Levi-Montalcini: from the insect neurotrophic factor to the nerve growth factor clinical application Chapter 3: NGF Signalling in Endosomes Chapter 4: The NGF metabolic pathway: new opportunities for biomarker research and drug target discovery Part II: Development and regeneration Chapter 5: NGF and endogenous regeneration: from embryology toward therapies Chapter 6: Take a bite of NGF and its diverse actions in human tooth development, pathology and repair Chapter 7: An overview of adult neurogenesis Chapter 8: Intervention of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and other neurotrophins in adult neurogenesis Part III: Alzheimer and Central Nervous System Chapter 9: Rita Levi-Montalcini, NGF metabolism in health and in the Alzheimer’s pathology Chapter 10: NGF and APP in Alzheimer Disease Chapter 11: Biodelivery of NGF to the Brain Chapter 12: NGF released from blood cells or collagen-scaffolds as a therapeutic target in Alzheimers disease Part IV: Complex behaviors Chapter 13: When Nerve Growth Factor met Behaviour Chapter 14: Crosstalk of BDNF and GDNF in Spinal Somatosensory Pathways Part V: Clinical medicine Chapter 15: BDNF Gene as a Precision Skill of Obesity Management Chapter 16: The science of love: state of the art Chapter 17: NGF and retinitis pigmentosa: structural and molecular studies Chapter 18: NGF in inflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye: new findings supporting neuroprotection and proper tissue remodeling in vitreo-retinal disorders Part VI: Veterinary Medicine Chapter 19: NGF and Animal Reproduction Chapter 20: Neurotrophins in the brain of teleost fish: the state of art
