1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450511803321

Titolo

Chronic complications in diabetes : animal models and chronic complications / / edited by Anders A.F. Sima

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : , : Harwood Academic, , 2000

ISBN

0-429-07922-2

1-4822-9823-6

1-280-05763-7

9786610057634

661005763X

0-203-30380-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Frontiers in animal diabetes research, , 1029-841X ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

SimaAnders A. F

Disciplina

616.4/62027

Soggetti

Diabetes - Complications - Animal models

Diabetes - Treatment

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface to the Series; Preface; Contributors; Diabetic Animals for Research into the Complications: A General Overview; Studies in Animal Models on the Role of Glycation and Advanced Glycation End-Products (AGEs) in the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Complications: Pitfalls and Limitations; Utility of the Transgenic Mouse in Diabetes Research; Oxidative Stress and Abnormal Lipid Metabolism in Diabetic Complications; Diabetic Neuropathy in Various Animal Models; Neurotrophism in Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetes Mellitus: Evidence for Altered Calcium Signaling in Excitable TissuesExperimental Diabetic Nephropathy; Diabetic Retinopathy in Experimental Animal Models and their Feasibility for Understanding the Human Disease; Fetal Malformations in Diabetes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Individual volumes in the series Frontiers in Animal Diabetes Research provide basic researchers as well as clinical investigators with in-depth coverage of basic experimental diabetes research. Each volume will be topic oriented with timely and liberally referenced reviews. The series



will provide a valuable reference source for basic researchers as well as clinical investigators, graduate students and research fellows in the areas of diabetology, endocrinology, physiology, and pharmacology. Major advances have been made in diabetes research, partly as a result of experimentation in animal mo