Neuroprotection

Neuroprotection is the attempt to save nerve cells and nerve fibers from dying by means of pharmacological or molecular biological methods. The aim of neuroprotection is to delay the course of the disease and thus improve the quality of life of those affected. The definition of the term "pharmacological interventions that produce endurig benefits by favorable influencing underlying etiology or pathogenesis and thereby forestalling onset of disease or clinical decline" coined by Ira Shoulson in 1998 is still valid today.

See also

• Neurodegenerative Disease

literature

• J. Schwarz, AC Ludolph: Basics of clinical neuroprotection. Uni-Med Verlag, Bremen 2001, ISBN 3-89599-529-0 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ T. Brandt among others: Therapy and course of neurological diseases. W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-019074-0 , p. 1487. (online)