Animal Models of Neurological Disease, I

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Alan A. Boulton, Glen B. Baker, Roger F. Butterworth (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

368 Seiten

2013 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-4899-4022-3 (ISBN)

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to the Animal Models Volumes This and several other volumes in the Neuromethods series will describe a number of animal models of neu- psychiatric disorders. Because of increasing public concern over the ethical treatment of animals in research, we felt it incumbent upon us to include this general preface to these volumes in order to indicate why we think further research using animals is necessary and why animal models of psychi- ric and neurologic disorders, in particular, are so important. We recognize that animals should only be used when suitable alternatives are not available. We think it self-e- dent, however, that humans can only be experimented upon in severely proscribed circumstances and alternative pro- dures using cell or tissue culture are inadequate in any models requiring assessments of behavioral change or of complex in vivo processes. However, when the distress, discomfort, or pain to the animals outweighs the anticipated gains for human welfare, then the research is not ethical and should not be carried out.

Ethics of Animal Models of Neurological Diseases.- Animal Models of Alzheimer’s Disease.- Animal Models of Huntington’s Disease.- Rodent Models of Parkinson’s Disease.- Primate Models of Parkinson’s Disease.- Genetic Dysmyelination Models.- Nongenetic Animal Models of Myelin Disorders.- Animal Models of the Cerebellar Ataxias.- Animal Models for Lesch-Nyhan Disease.

These books go out of their way to be helpful. Most chapters introduce the animal models against the background of the human (i.e., clinical) context and conclude with a brief summary. Detailed experimental protocols and useful tabulations abound. Descriptions are exhaustive.-Trends in Neurosciences

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.8.2013
Reihe/Serie	Neuromethods ; 21
Zusatzinfo	3 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 368 p. 3 illus.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-4899-4022-7 / 1489940227
ISBN-13	978-1-4899-4022-3 / 9781489940223
Zustand	Neuware