Edited by M. Flint Beal, Anthony E. Lang, and Albert Ludolph. 985 pp., illustrated. Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 2005. $400. ISBN 0-521-81166-X.
As the general population ages, we can expect the burden ofneurodegenerative diseases to increase. Fortunately, recentresearch in the field puts us in an excellent position to easethis burden. Never before have we been better poised to developtreatments on the basis of the underlying causes of neurodegenerativediseases. These new treatments will promise not only relieffrom symptoms but also modification of the course of the disease.In the past dozen years, genes have been identified for thefamilial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (in 1993), Alzheimer'sdisease (in 1995), Parkinson's disease (in 1997), and hundredsof . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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