The Molecular and Clinical Pathology of Neurodegenerative Disease

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Neurodegeneration 2. Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia 3. Parkinson's Disease 4. The Prion Diseases 5. The Motor Neuron Diseases and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis 6. Huntington's Chorea 7. Multiple Sclerosis

Authors

Patrick A. Lewis University of Reading, and UCL Institute of Neurology, UK. Dr. Lewis has been involved in research into neurodegeneration for over 15 years, investigating dementia, the prion diseases and, for the last 10 years, Parkinson's disease. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed publications in the field of neurodegeneration, and organized a number of international conferences on Parkinson's disease, with a particular focus on Leucine Rich Repeat Kinase 2 (LRRK2). With over a decade of teaching experience, he instructs on a wide range of neuroscience-related topics to both undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Reading and University College London. Jennifer E. Spillane National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UK. Dr. Jennifer Spillane is a neurology specialist registrar at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Neurology and has published peer-reviewed articles over a wide range of neurological topics. She has experience teaching both undergraduate and post graduate medical students.