Cellular Self-Digestion in Neurons and Neurological Diseases
by
Zhenyu Yue, Charleen T Chu
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
What is autophagy? Why would neurons digest parts of themselves through autophagy? How can autophagy save the lives of cells under some conditions, but act as an accomplice to cell death in others? By what mechanisms are autophagy-related processes dysregulated in neurological diseases, and are there...