Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging. Under the editorship of I.A. Zavalishin, N.N. Yakhno, and S.I. Gavrilova. Guidance for Doctors. Moscow, 2001, 454 p.

The team of authors includes employees of N.F. Gamaleya Institute for Epidemiology & Microbiology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences S.I. Bykovskaya, V.A. Zuyev, N.G. Ignatova, M.V. Mezentseva.

Reviewer: member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Y.I. Gusev.

The book provides the results of the modern studies on neurodegenerative diseases and the nature of their relations with aging. It suggests an original concept of the mechanisms of nervous cell aging and its further death. The authors summarize the materials of their own studies and the Russian and foreign publications (mostly of the recent years).

The book is intended for neurologists, pathoanatomists, neurochemists, and other specialists interested in the problem of neurodegenerative diseases and aging.

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