Could Hippocampal Neurogenesis be a Future Drug Target for Treating Temporal Lobe Epilepsy?
Pp. 342-357 R. Kuruba and A.K. Shetty [Abstract] Neurotransmitter Regulation of Adult Neurogenesis: Putative Therapeutic Targets Pp. 358-374 V.A. Vaidya, K.C. Vadodaria and S. Jha [Abstract] Abstracts [Back to top] Editorial Correct diagnosis and effective treatment of diseases are two essential tasks for a clinical doctor. With advancing technology, the early and correct diagnosis of diseases is getting easier; however, the treatment of most diseases remains one of the biggest challenges for clinical medicine in 21st century. Broadly speaking, the causes of human diseases can be classified into two categories: abnormal cell death and abnormal cell proliferation. Examples of the former are Alzheimer disease and stroke, both of which cause cell death in the brain. Cell death in different locations produces different diseases. For example, Parkinson disease prdouces death of cells in the substantia nigra, whereas Alzheimer disease prominently affects the hippocampus and cerebral cortex.
