thesis
Chasing Genes in Alzheimers's and Parkinsons's Disease
- Publication date
- 9 June 2004
- Publisher
- Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common type of dementia and Parkinson’s disease
(PD), the most common movement disorder are both neurodegenerative adult-onset diseases
characterized by progressive loss of specifi c neuronal populations and accumulation of
intraneuronal inclusions.
The search for genetic and environmental factors that determine the fate of neurons during
the ageing process has been a widespread approach in the