Alzheimer's Disease: Understanding and Unraveling the Mystery

by Elizabeth Rosalind Thomas

ISBN: 9789359194554
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Imprint : Scholars World
Year : 2025
Price : Rs. 3995.00
Biblio : xiv+98p., figs., tabls., ind., 25cm

Author Profile

Dr. Elizabeth Rosalind Thomas, did her graduation at St. Edmund's College, Shillong; post graduation at St. Anthony's College, Shillong; and PhD in the Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Kunming University for Science and Technology (KUST), Kunming, China. She worked for a DST project on "Integrating herbal medicine of NER with contemporary approaches to develop therapeutic strategies for metabolic syndrome" at the Department of Biotechnology, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, during 2018-19. At present she is working in VRDL-ICMR funded research project at Department of Microbiology, NEIGRIHMS, Shillong.

About The Book

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is one of the common forms of Dementia and it is a major cause of concern all over the world. It is a neurodegenerative disorder which has been playing the role of ‘the angel of slow death’ for more than a century. Although much research has been carried in many parts of the world for the last several decades but no head way has been made as yet in finding a cure for this disease. This book is a humble attempt to understand and unravel the mystery of Alzheimer’s Disease under the perspective of amyloid cascade hypothesis. Since most of the drugs that are used are either symptomatic drugs or anti-psychotic drugs, the under lying disease is yet to be treated and cured. The only successful therapy that could ease the disease and brighten the course of turn in life is palliative care. No one is immune to this disease and technically, as life progresses; the dice is in the Maker’s hand wherein our fate of being a victim for this fateful disease is decided. Therefore, the need of the hour is more investment for research on AD. This book is the revised and modified version of the doctoral research undertaken by the author during 2015-18 at the Laboratory of Molecular Neurosciences, KUST, Kunming, China. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of biotechnology and medical research particularly on gerontology. It will especially benefit the medical research institutes and care givers at the Elders Home.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment v Preface vii Acronyms and Abbreviations xiii 1. Introduction 1 2. Neurotoxic Effect of Aβ(25-35) on PC-12 Cells and SH-SY5Y Cells 23 3. Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Triggered by Aβ(25-35) in SH-SY5Y Cells 33 4. Neuroprotective Effect on Geranylgeranylacetone on Aβ(25-35) Induced ER Stress in SH-SY5Y Cells 47 5. Discussion and Summary 61 6. A Way Forward 65 7. Summary of the Available Research on the Efficiency of Geranylgeranylacetone on Neurodegenerative Diseases 69 References 75 Index 97