Book Reviews: Slow Transmissible Diseases of the Nervous System

Book reviews DEGENERATION AND REGENERATION IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

Repair of the damaged human central nervous system (CNS) remains a much sought after but still elusive goal of patients, clinicians and scientists. As noted by Douglas Brown, in the opening chapter of this book, patients and their families have been alternately excited by the prospect of cure and frustrated by the delays in achieving this. Clinicians have found themselves in an awkward position...

P159: New Findings in The Diagnosis of Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System

The antibody of the nervous system is called antibodies that the body makes to the nervous system cells. These antibodies are also very diverse based on the complexity and diversity of the nervous system, and therefore their detection is also associated with particular challenges. Generally, autoimmune diseases are on the rise. The diagnostic techniques for autoimmune diseases are also in progr...

Degenerative diseases of the central nervous system transmissible to experimental animals.

The clinical features and the pathological changes in the central nervous system of scrapie and kuru are described and attention is drawn to the similarities between these conditions. In both, inoculation of tissues into experimental animals reproduces a similar disease after a prolonged latent period. The transmission of subacute presenile polioencephalopathy to a chimpanzee is noted. The work...

Diseases of the Nervous System

Diseases of the Nervous System

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