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Médecine et idéologies
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ISBN: 2763739520 9782763739526 9782763739519 Year: 2018 Publisher: [Quebec, Quebec]

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Il a fallu beaucoup de temps, malgre les observations des premiers contagionistes au xviiie siecle, malgre les intuitions de Villemin et d'autres medecins au xixe siecle, malgre les decouvertes de Koch en 1882 et malgre tous les progres de la bacteriologie au tournant du xxe siecle, avant que la tuberculose en vienne à être reconnue pour ce qu'elle est, une maladie infectieuse et contagieuse. Cet ouvrage montre combien les croyances ont balise l'histoire de cette maladie du xviiie jusqu'au xxe siecle, et combien certaines s'enracinent loin dans le temps. Même au xxe siecle, les resistances à la theorie de la contagion ont ete variees et tenaces. Dans cette histoire de la tuberculose au Quebec, l'auteur relate l'evolution des representations de cette maladie et des façons dont la medecine et les autorites publiques y ont fait face.

Genotype-proteotype-phenotype relationships in neurodegenerative diseases
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ISSN: 09456066 ISBN: 9783540265221 9783540248354 3540248358 3642063950 9786610304820 1280304820 3540265228 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Springer,

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Protein misfolding and other abnormalities of protein metabolism are increasingly recognized as central mechanisms in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disorders. Amyloid beta protein disturbances in Alzheimer’s disease, tau and ubiquitin protein abnormalities in frontotemporal dementias, proteasome and alpha-synuclein disorders in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies comprise central elements in these common neurodegenerative diseases. Improved understanding of role of protein dysmetabolism in neurodegeneration promises to improve diagnoses, facilitate the development of biological markers relevant to disease pathophysiology, and provide tractable therapeutic targets. This Fondation IPSEN conference summary provides an update on the latest advances of the role of protein misfolding in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases.


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Cannabinoids and the brain
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ISBN: 9780262035798 0262035790 9780262536608 0262338440 9780262338448 0262338459 9780262338455 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press,

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A review of the scientific evidence on the effects of cannabinoids on brain and behavioral functioning, with an emphasis on potential therapeutic use. "The cannabis plant has been used for recreational and medicinal purposes for more than 4,000 years, but the scientific investigation into its effects has only recently yielded useful results. In this book, Linda Parker offers a review of the scientific evidence on the effects of cannabinoids on brain and behavioral functioning, with an emphasis on potential therapeutic uses. Parker describes the discovery of tetrahydocannbinol (THC), the main psychoactive component of cannabis, and the further discovery of cannabinoid receptors in the brain. She explains that the brain produces chemicals similar to THC, which act on the same receptors as THC, and shows that the endocannabinoid system is involved in all aspects of brain functioning. Parker reports that cannabis contains not only the psychoactive compound THC, but also other compounds of potential therapeutic benefit, and that one of them, cannabidiol (CBD), shows promise for the treatment of pain, anxiety, and epilepsy. Parker reviews the evidence on cannabinoids and anxiety, depression, mood, sleep, schizophrenia, learning and memory, addiction, sex, appetite and obesity, chemotherapy-induced nausea, epilepsy, and such neurodegenerative disorders as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's Disease. Each chapter also links the scientific evidence to historical and anecdotal reports of the medicinal use of cannabis. As debate about the medical use of marijuana continues, Parker's balanced and objective review of the fundamental science and potential therapeutic effects of cannabis is especially timely"--Publisher's website.


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Translational neurodegeneration.
ISSN: 20479158 Year: 2012 Publisher: [London] : BioMed Central,

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"Translational Neurodegeneration is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that covers research, therapeutics and education for all aspects of neurodegenerative diseases. By offering a high-visibility forum for new insights and discussions, Translational Neurodegeneration creates a novel interface between the fields of basic, translational, and clinical research. It includes Parkinson's disease and movement disorders, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, motor neuron disease and other neurodegenerative diseases."


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Neurodegeneration.
ISSN: 15229661 Year: 1996 Publisher: London : Academic Press,

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Nervous system --- Système nerveux --- Nervous System Diseases. --- Degeneration --- Dégénérescence --- Degeneration. --- Nervous System Disorders --- Neurological Disorders --- Neurologic Disorders --- Disease, Nervous System --- Diseases, Nervous System --- Disorder, Nervous System --- Disorder, Neurologic --- Disorder, Neurological --- Disorders, Nervous System --- Disorders, Neurologic --- Disorders, Neurological --- Nervous System Disease --- Nervous System Disorder --- Neurologic Disorder --- Neurological Disorder --- Degeneration, Nerve --- Nerve degeneration --- Neurodegenerative disease --- Neurodegenerative diseases --- Neurodegenerative disorders --- Neuron degeneration --- Nissl degeneration --- Retrograde degeneration --- Wallerian degeneration --- Degeneration and regeneration --- Nerve Degeneration --- Nerve Regeneration --- Nervous System Diseases --- Nerve Regenerations --- Regeneration, Nerve --- Regenerations, Nerve --- Neuron Degeneration --- Degeneration, Neuron --- Degenerations, Nerve --- Degenerations, Neuron --- Nerve Degenerations --- Neuron Degenerations --- Degeneration (Pathology) --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Neurosciences --- Neurology --- Nerve Transfer --- Nerve Tissue Regeneration --- Nervous Tissue Regeneration --- Neural Tissue Regeneration --- Nerve Tissue Regenerations --- Nervous Tissue Regenerations --- Neural Tissue Regenerations --- Regeneration, Nerve Tissue --- Regeneration, Nervous Tissue --- Regeneration, Neural Tissue --- Tissue Regeneration, Nerve --- Tissue Regeneration, Nervous --- Tissue Regeneration, Neural --- Nerve Degeneration. --- Nerve Regeneration. --- Nerfs --- Regeneration. --- Diseases. --- Dégénérescence. --- Régénération. --- Maladies. --- Medical neurology --- Nerves --- Neurologic disorders --- Neurological disorders --- Neuropathology --- Nerve regeneration --- Nervous system regeneration --- Neural regeneration --- Neuron regeneration --- Nerve grafting --- Regeneration (Biology) --- Nervous system degeneration --- Diseases


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Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders.
ISSN: 17562856 17562864 Year: 2008 Publisher: London : SAGE

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Nervous System Diseases --- Neurodegenerative Diseases --- Nervous system --- Neurology --- Système nerveux --- Neurologie --- therapy --- Diseases --- Periodicals. --- Degeneration --- Treatment --- Maladies --- Périodiques --- Dégénérescence --- Traitement --- Neurodegenerative Diseases. --- Système nerveux. --- therapy. --- Degeneration. --- Diseases. --- Treatment. --- Health Sciences --- Clinical Medicine --- neurological disorders --- neurology --- Degenerative Diseases, Central Nervous System --- Degenerative Diseases, Neurologic --- Degenerative Diseases, Spinal Cord --- Degenerative Neurologic Diseases --- Degenerative Neurologic Disorders --- Nervous System Degenerative Diseases --- Neurodegenerative Disorders --- Neurologic Degenerative Conditions --- Neurologic Degenerative Diseases --- Neurologic Diseases, Degenerative --- Degenerative Diseases, Nervous System --- Degenerative Condition, Neurologic --- Degenerative Conditions, Neurologic --- Degenerative Neurologic Disease --- Degenerative Neurologic Disorder --- Neurodegenerative Disease --- Neurodegenerative Disorder --- Neurologic Degenerative Condition --- Neurologic Degenerative Disease --- Neurologic Disease, Degenerative --- Neurologic Disorder, Degenerative --- Neurologic Disorders, Degenerative --- Nervous System Disorders --- Neurological Disorders --- Neurologic Disorders --- Disease, Nervous System --- Diseases, Nervous System --- Disorder, Nervous System --- Disorder, Neurologic --- Disorder, Neurological --- Disorders, Nervous System --- Disorders, Neurologic --- Disorders, Neurological --- Nervous System Disease --- Nervous System Disorder --- Neurologic Disorder --- Neurological Disorder --- Medical neurology --- Nerves --- Neuropathology --- Degeneration, Nerve --- Nerve degeneration --- Neurodegenerative disease --- Neurodegenerative diseases --- Neurodegenerative disorders --- Neuron degeneration --- Nissl degeneration --- Retrograde degeneration --- Wallerian degeneration --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Neurosciences --- Degeneration (Pathology) --- Système nerveux --- Système nerveux. --- Dégénérescence --- Neurologic disorders --- Neurological disorders --- neurologie --- neurology --- ziekten --- diseases --- klinische onderzoeken --- clinical investigations --- Medicine (General) --- Geneeskunde (algemeen) --- Degeneration and regeneration --- Nervous system. --- Nervous System --- Nervous Systems --- System, Nervous --- Systems, Nervous

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