Potential Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Neurobiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 76
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Neurodegenerative disorders are considered a global emerging health burden due to the progressive aging of the population, with a consequent increase in people affected by these pathologies, and because of the social and economic impacts of these disorders.
Several factors can, directly or indirectly, lead to morphological, biochemical, and electrical alterations in the nervous system, resulting in neurodegenerative disorders.
Currently, neurobiological research is focused on the development of new molecular strategies of prevention and therapeutic interventions for neurodegenerative diseases.
The advent of modern molecular diagnostic and imaging techniques that are able to analyze brain processes, combined with advances in bioinformatics that enable the analysis of big data, have provided unprecedented possibilities for the prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders.
Furthermore, increasing attention is being paid to the therapeutic effects of antioxidant compounds on human health, since these can counteract and neutralize oxidative stress and inflammatory processes that are involved in the etiopathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.
This Special Issue aims to provide insights into recent advances in the above research areas at the molecular level. Original research and review articles which provide insights into the identification of possible biomarkers and targets for prevention and the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders are welcome.
Dr. Maria Paola Bertuccio
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neurodegenerative disorders
- molecular biomarkers
- oxidative stress
- therapeutic strategies
- disease prevention
