Chapter 14. Molecular Genetics of Neurological Disorders

  1. Jack J. Pasternak

Published Online: 27 JAN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/0471719188.ch14

Book Title

An Introduction to Human Molecular Genetics: Mechanisms of Inherited Diseases, Second Edition

An Introduction to Human Molecular Genetics: Mechanisms of Inherited Diseases, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Pasternak, J. J. (2005) Molecular Genetics of Neurological Disorders, in An Introduction to Human Molecular Genetics: Mechanisms of Inherited Diseases, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471719188.ch14

Author Information

  1. University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 27 JAN 2005
  2. Published Print: 1 JUN 2005

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471474265

Online ISBN: 9780471719182

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Keywords:

  • resting membrane potential;
  • neuronal channelopathies;
  • inherited prion diseases

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Neurons

  • Nonneuronal Cells of the Nervous System

  • Resting Membrane Potential

  • Initiation, Propagation, and Synaptic Transmission of a Nerve Impulse

  • Parts of the Brain

  • Neuronal Channelopathies

  • Alzheimer Disease

  • Huntington Disease and Other Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion Diseases

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • Charcot–Marie–Tooth Disease

  • Inherited Prion Diseases

  • Schizophrenia

  • Key Terms

  • Summary

  • References

  • Review Questions

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