Bookedited by Giovanni Manfredi, Hibiki Kawamata.
Contents:
Introduction to neurodegenerative diseases and related techniques
In vivo and in vitro determination of cell death markers in neurons
Degenerating processes identified by electron microscopic immunocytochemical methods
Isolation and culture of neurons and astrocytes from the mouse brain cortex
Isolation and culture of postnatal spinal motoneurons
Converting human pluripotent stem cells to neural tissue and neurons to model neurodegeneration
Neural differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells
Developing yeast models of human neurodegenerative disorders
Modeling dopamine neuron degeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans
Role of the proteasome in fly models of neurodegeneration
Modeling neurodegenerative diseases in zebrafish embryos
Practical considerations of genetic rodent models for neurodegenerative diseases
Modeling focal cerebral ischemia in vivo
Pharmacological models of Parkinson's disease in rodents.