Translational neuroscience toward new therapies

Today, translational neuroscience faces significant challenges. Available therapies to treat brain and nervous system disorders are extremely limited and dated, and further development has effectively ceased. Disinvestment by the private sector occurred just as promising new technologies in genomics...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Nikolich, Karoly (-), Hyman, Steven E.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press [2015]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Strüngmann Forum reports.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622009406719
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; The Ernst Strüngmann Forum; List of Contributors; 1 - Introduction; Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A New Beginning; Neurodegenerative Diseases:Coming Unstuck; New Tools to Drive Future Therapies; From Cellular and Animal Models to Patients; Epilogue; Bibliography; Subject Index; 2 - What Do We Know about Early Onset Neurodevelopmental Disorders?; 3 - Psychotic Disorders and the Neurodevelopmental Continuum; 4 - Neurodevelopmental Disorders; 5 - Neurodegenerative Diseases; 6 - Preclinical and Clinical Understanding; 7 - Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • 8 - How Might We Get from Genes to Circuits to Disease?9 - How Do We Define and Modulate Circuits in Animals That Are Relevant to Pathophysiology in Humans?; 10 - Pathophysiological Toolkit; 11 - Using a Stem Cell-Based Approach to Model Neurodegenerative Disease; 12 - From Rodent Behavioral Models to Human Disorders; 13 - Bridging the Gap between Patients and Models; 14 - The Revolution Has Begun