TY - ADVS AU - Allsop,David TI - Protein aggregation, metals and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases T2 - Protein folding, aggregation and design : concepts, experiments, theories and mechanisms, PY - 2007/// CY - London PB - Henry Stewart Talks KW - Neurodegenerative Diseases KW - Protein Conformation KW - Protein Folding KW - Proteins N1 - Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration; Title from title frames; Contents: Introduction to protein conformational brain diseases -- Alzheimer's disease, A-beta and tau -- A-beta oligomers and toxicity -- A-beta generates hydrogen peroxide -- Results from experiments using electron spin resonance spectroscopy -- Parkinson's disease -- Generation of hydrogen peroxide from alpha synuclein, toxic fragments of the prion protein and the familial British dementia peptide -- Early oligomers appear to generate hydrogen peroxide -- Huntington's disease -- Protein aggregates could be protective -- Potential common toxic pathway for these brain diseases; Access restricted to subscribers UR - https://hstalks.com/bs/441/ UR - https://hstalks.com/bs/p/34/ ER -