Description
The fourth volume in the Molecular and Cell Biology of Neuropsychiatric Diseases series provides a comprehensive, timely review of the use of modern biological techniques in the investigation of the major neuropsychiatric diseases. The scope of the book is wide, and an introductory section at the beginning of each chapter enables non-specialist and specialist alike to appreciate the significance of this research. Molecular biology of Huntington’s disease. Neuronal pathology in relation to molecular biology and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The aetiology of Alzheimer’s disease. The molecular genetics of Alzheimer’s disease. The molecular biology of the transmissible dementias. The neurochemistry of schizophrenia. Molecular biology of shcizophrenia. Genetics and molecular biology of manic-depression. Index.
