Amyloid Protein Precursor in Development, Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994 Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer's Disease Series

This volume contains a summary of ten years' research on Alzheimer's disease. Emphasis is placed on an understanding of the normal function and structure of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene product, which is being used to develop specific therapeutic strategies.

Strategic Thoughts on the Alzheimer’s Disease Amyloid Protein Precursor: The Way Forward.- Drosophila Appl Gene and APPL Protein: A Model System to Study the Function of the APP Protein Family.- Amyloid ?A4 of Alzheimer’s Disease: Structural Requirements for Folding and Aggregation.- Production of Amyloid ? Protein from Normal and Mutated Amyloid ² Protein Precursors.- Mechanism of Cerebral Amyloidosis in Alzheimer’s Disease.- Effects of Fragments of the ?-Amyloid Protein on Hippocampal Neurons in Young and Aged Rats: An Electrophysiological Study.- The Role of the Extracellular Matrix in Regulating the Function of the Amyloid Protein Precursor of Alzheimer’s Disease.- Studies of the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) in Brain: Regulation of APP-Ligand Binding.- The Biological Function of Amyloid ?/A4 Protein Precursor.- Processing of Alzheimer A?-Amyloid Precursor Protein: Cell Biology, Regulation, and Role in Alzheimer’s Disease.- Studies of APP Biology: Analysis of APP Secretion and Characterization of an APP Homologue, APLP2.- Transmembrane APP is Distributed into Two Pools and Associated with Polymerized Cytoskeleton.- Isolation and Characterisation of Novel Metalloproteases from Embryonic Mouse Hippocampus.- A Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease.- Amyloid in Alzheimer’s Disease and Animal Models.- The Roles of Zinc and Copper in the Function and Metabolism of the Amyloid Protein Precursor Superfamily.- The Diverse Molecular Nature of Inherited Alzheimer’s Disease.- Genetic Variability and Alzheimer’s Disease.- Genetic Defects in Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders.- APP Gene Mutations in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease in Sweden.- Aging, Energy and Alzheimer’s Disease.- Molecular Biology and Genetics of HumanPrion Diseases and PrP Amyloid Plaque Formation.