TY - JOUR T1 - Advances in Research on Neurodegeneration JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 256 LP - 256 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.68.2.256 VL - 68 IS - 2 AU - ROGER BARKER Y1 - 2000/02/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/68/2/256.1.abstract N2 - Advances in Research on Neurodegeneration. Volume 6. Edited by w poewe and g ransmayr. (Pp147, DM168). Published by Springer, Wien, 1999. ISBN 3 211 83262 9.This slim volume is the result of a small meeting held towards the end of 1997 by a largely European group of scientists designed to explore recent advances in the treatment of some neurodegenerative conditions. The result is a highly eclectic collection of short chapters ranging from the general to highly specific, which overall makes the book hard to follow and thus recommend. For example the second chapter discusses a whole variety of different types of myelin mutant mice, whereas three chapters later we are treated to a discussion on the … ER -