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Emerging and Evolving Topics in Multiple Sclerosis Pathogenesis and Treatments

  • This book highlights the areas that have been most revised by recent discoveries relevant to the treatment, diagnosis, or basic understanding of the underlying pathobiology of Multiple Sclerosis
  • This book creates linkages between the clinical and basic science aspect
  • Covers areas of interest to clinicians as well as basic scientists, and thus appeals to a broad readership
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences (CTBN, volume 26)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Sex-Based Differences in Multiple Sclerosis (Part I): Biology of Disease Incidence

    • Shannon E. Dunn, Hyunwoo Lee, Farzan Rusi Pavri, Monan Angela Zhang
    Pages 29-56
  3. The Role of Environment and Lifestyle in Determining the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis

    • Anna Karin Hedström, Tomas Olsson, Lars Alfredsson
    Pages 87-104
  4. Evidence for an Association Between Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis

    • Julia Pakpoor, Sreeram Ramagopalan
    Pages 105-115
  5. Photoimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis

    • Felix Marsh-Wakefield, Scott N. Byrne
    Pages 117-141
  6. Modelling MS: Chronic-Relapsing EAE in the NOD/Lt Mouse Strain

    • Phuc T. Dang, Quyen Bui, Claretta S. D’Souza, Jacqueline M. Orian
    Pages 143-177
  7. Developing Biomarkers for MS

    • Sharmilee Gnanapavan, Gavin Giovannoni
    Pages 179-194
  8. Helminth Therapy for MS

    • Radu Tanasescu, Cris S. Constantinescu
    Pages 195-220
  9. Self-Assembling Peptides Form Immune Suppressive Amyloid Fibrils Effective in Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

    • Michael P. Kurnellas, Jonathan B. Rothbard, Lawrence Steinman
    Pages 221-232
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 233-235

About this book

Over the past decade, we have made great advances in the field of multiple sclerosis (MS) research, and this book focuses on those advances in MS pathogenesis and treatment. While some of these advances have been through new approaches and ideas that have emerged in the last decade such as the newly identified protective role that amyloid proteins may play in MS or the use of helminths to treat autoimmune diseases, others have evolved from previous theories and ideas that have only now gained momentum and a deeper understanding such as the role of HLA or gender in MS susceptibility. This book covers these emerging and evolving topics and highlights the substantial advancements made in elucidation of the factors regulating susceptibility or disease progression, identification of new ways to monitor or predict MS pathology, and development of new strategies for treating MS.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Biological Sciences, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Victoria University of Wellington School of Biological Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand

    Anne C. La Flamme

  • Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular Sciences La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, Melbourne, Australia

    Jacqueline Monique Orian

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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