Estrogen ― Mystery Drug for the Brain?: The Neuroprotective Activities of the Female Sex Hormone

Behl, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3709172543 ISBN 13: 9783709172544

Publisher: Springer, 2012

It is well known that estrogen is "somehow" a protective hormone for various age-related disorders. This book provides a solid knowledge of estrogen's neuroprotective activities in the brain with a special emphasis on neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's Disease. The focus is (1) to describe the biochemical, molecular, and cellular basis of the protective activity of estrogen and (2) to transfer this knowledge into the hospitals by discussing preventive and therapeutic approaches such as estrogen replacement therapy for post-menopausal women. Besides up-to-date information on estrogen and the brain, this book explains in a highly understandable manner molecular and cellular techniques by which basic data have been collected. The reader, which may include the professional specialist as well as the interested non-specialist, will also gain insight into the scientific transfer process of knowledge from basic science to the clinical situation and therefore "from bench to bed".

Review:

"... Ein fundierter Beitrag zum heute viel diskutierten Thema der (neuro-)protektiven Wirkung von Östrogenen." Gynäkologie 4/2003 "Wer mehr über die bislang bekannten neuroprotektiven Aktivitäten erfahren will, die Östrogene im Hirn entfalten, der sollte sich das Buch "Estrogen – Mystery Drug for the Brain?” vornehmen, das vor kurzem erschienen ist: Christian Behl gibt darin einen Überblick zum aktuellen Stand des Wissens zu diesem Thema, und zwar sowohl der Grundlagenforschung als auch der klinischen Erfahrungen ...” Das Wirtschaftsmagazin der MPG 4/2001