By Yoshikuni Mizuno, Donald B Calne, Reinhard Horowski, Werner Poewe, Peter Riederer, and Moussa Youdim (Pp 214, US$95.00). Published by Springer-Verlag, Wien, 2000. ISBN 3-211-83485-0

• Mizuno Y
• Calne DB
• Horowski R
• et al
• editors. Advances in research on neurodegeneration
• volume 7

The book is part of a series based on the proceedings of the International Winter Conference on Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation. This particular volume arose from the seventh meeting, which was held in Karuizawa, Japan in January 1999.

The conference brought together scientists from a wide range of research areas, under the broad heading of neurodegeneration, and their breadth of expertise is reflected in the eclectic mix of studies presented here. The papers fall into four general categories, paralleling the scientific sessions of the meeting. The first deals with progress in elucidating some of the genes and gene products involved in neurodegenerative processes. It …