Advances in Research on Neurodegeneration

Neurodegeneration is one of the most important subjects of the investigation now and in the coming 21st century. Alzheimer''s disease is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly people and Parkinson''s disease is one of the major neurologic disorders with the prevalence between 1 and 2/1 000 population in advanced countries. Many others are suffering from intractable neurodegener­ ative disord...