Retinal degenerations : biology, diagnostics, and therapeutics / edited by Joyce Tombran-Tink and Colin J. Barnstable.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tombran-Tink, Joyce.

Barnstable, Colin J.

Series:

Ophthalmology research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Retinal degeneration.

Retinal Degeneration.

Medical Subjects:

Retinal Degeneration.

Physical Description:

xvii, 466 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM (color ; 4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2007]

System Details:

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows or Apple Macintosh operating system.

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "[a]ll illustrations, both black and white and color."--P. xix.

Contents:

Coping with retinal degeneration: a patient's view / Gordon Cousins and James Cape

Epidemiology of age-related macular degeneration early in the 21st century / Jie Jin Wang, Paul Mitchell, and Ronald Klein

Leber congenital amaurosis: a hereditary childhood form of blindness and a model to elucidate retinal physiology and development / Robert K. Koenekoop

Macular degeneration: aging changes and novel therapies / Peter E. Liggett and Alejandro J. Lavaque

Stargardt disease: from gene discovery to therapy / Rando Allikmets

X-linked juvenile retinoschisis / Bernhard H.F. Weber and Ulrich Kellner

Retinal degeneration in Usher syndrome / David S. Williams

Mouse models of retinitis pigmentosa / Bo Chang ... [et al.]

The impact of diabetes on neuronal, glial, and vascular cells of the retina: implications for the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy / Sylvia B. Smith

Statins and age-related maculopathy / Gerald McGwin, Jr. and Cynthia Owsley

The role of drusen in macular degeneration and new methods of quantification / R. Theodore Smith and Umer F. Ahmad

RPE lipofuscin: formation, properites, and relevance to retinal degeneration / Janet R. Sparrow

Genetic modifiers that affect phenotypic expression of retinal diseases / Malia M. Edwards ... [et al.]

X-linked retinal dystrophies and microtubular functions within the retina / Alan F. Wright and Xinhua Shu

Synaptic remodeling in retinal degeneration / You-Wei Peng and Fulton Wong

On the suppression of photoreceptor cell death in retinitis pigmentosa / Fiona Kernan ... [et al.]

Cell-based therapies to restrict the progress of photoreceptor degeneration / Raymond D. Lund and Shaomei Wang

Current status of IPE transplantation and its potential as a cell-based therapy for age-related macular degeneration and retinal dystrophies / Makoto Tamai

Recent results in retinal transplantation give hope for restoring vision / Robert B. Aramant, Norman D. Radtke, and Magdalene J. Seiler

Stem cells and retinal transplantation / Joanne Yau ... [et al.]

Application of encapsulated cell technology for retinal degenerative diseases / Weng Tao and Rong Wen

Effective treatment for the canine RPE65 null mutation, a hereditary retinal dystrophy comparable to human Leber's congenital amaurosis / Kristina Narfström, Gregory E. Tullis, and Mathias Seeliger

The use of neuroprotective factors in retinal degenerations / Joyce Tombran-Tink and Colin J. Barnstable

Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors as a possible therapy for RP17, an autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa associated with the R14W mutation, apoptosis, and the unfolded protein response / George Rebello, Jacuqie [sic] Greenberg, and Raj Ramesar

Macular Degeneration- an addendum / Joyce Tombran-Tink and Colin J. Barnstable.

Notes:

"Erratum" inserted.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1588296202

9781588296207

OCLC:

70713505