1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458362203321

Autore

Lewis Wallace G. <1943->

Titolo

In the footsteps of Lewis and Clark [[electronic resource] ] : early commemorations and the origins of the national historic trail / / Wallace G. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2010

ISBN

1-4571-1076-8

1-60732-027-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

917.804/2

Soggetti

Voyages and travels

Electronic books.

Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

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

Monuments -- Tracing the route -- The new explorers -- The 1955 Sesquicentennial -- The National Commission -- Commemoration and authenticity on the trail.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines how public attitudes toward the exploration and the commemorations have changed from the Lewis and Clark Exposition in 1905 to the Lewis and Clark Trail in 1978 and the bicentennial from 2003-2007.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790112403321

Titolo

Alzheimer's disease : targets for new clinical diagnostic and therapeutic strategies / / edited by Renee D. Wegrzyn, Alan S. Rudolph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-16575-7

1-4398-2709-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 p.)

Collana

Frontiers in neuroscience

Altri autori (Persone)

RudolphAlan S. <1954->

WegrzynRenee D

Disciplina

616.8/31

Soggetti

Alzheimer's disease - Diagnosis

Alzheimer's disease - Treatment

Biochemical markers

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

The amyloid B-protein and Alzheimer's disease / David B. Teplow ... [et al.] -- Emerging principles and biomarkers in in vitro diagnostics for Alzheimer's disease / Renee D. Wegrzyn and Alan S. Rudolph -- Imaging biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease / Daniel M. Skovronsky and Giora Z. Feuerstein -- The current status of Alzheimer's disease treatment : why we need better therapies and how we will develop them / Krista L. Lanctôt ... [et al.] -- New small molecule drug discovery for Alzheimer's disease / Kangning Liu, Minhua Zhang, and Guhan Nagappan -- Alzheimer's disease : clinical aspects / R. Scott Turner -- Pathogenic protein strains as diagnostic and therapeutic targets in Alzheimer's disease / Lary C. Walker, Rebecca F. Rosen, and Harry LeVine III -- Traumatic brain injury in the development of Alzheimer's disease : risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment strategies / Mark P. Burns.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent years, a tremendous amount of effort has been focused on better understanding the fundamentals of Alzheimer's disease (AD) to facilitate early and accurate diagnosis and appropriately targeted therapeutic treatments. Alzheimer's Disease: Targets for New Clinical, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Strategies provides a detailed synopsis of



the current state of the art of diagnostics and therapeutics and identifies emerging technologies and molecules that show promise in the management and treatment of AD.With contributions from experts drawn from academia,