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eCAM Advance Access published online on March 14, 2007
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nel115
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© 2007 The Author(s).
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Mitochondrial Nutrition as a Strategy for Neuroprotection in Parkinson's Disease—Research Focus in the Department of Alternative Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics at Hokuriku University

Yasuhide Mitsumoto

Department of Alternative Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University and Division of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1181, Japan

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   Department Overview
 
The Department of Alternative Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics employs a wide array of experimental models of neurodegenerative and stress-related diseases, such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and depression, in order to establish the neuroprotective and anti-stress strategies that can be applicable for both normal humans and patients with the diseases.

A central theme of our Department is to verify the alternative medical approaches to prevent and/or treat neurodegenerative and stress-related diseases in animal models. To achieve this goal, we focus on three nonpharmacological approaches: nutrition, exercise and control of mental environment. In addition to investigating the usefulness of these nonpharmacological strategies, we elucidate detailed action mechanisms of alternative medical approaches to clearly demonstrate neuroprotective effect and improvement of emotional abnormality.

In this section, background for the nutritional research in our Department is summarized.


   Research Background
 
PD is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Mitochondrial Function as a Therapeutic Target in PD
 

   Mitochondrial Nutrition for the Treatment of PD
 
For reprints and all correspondence: Prof. Yasuhide Mitsumoto, PhD, Department of Alternative Medicine and Experimental Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University and Division of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1181 Japan. Tel: +81-76-229-6229 (ext. 258); Fax: +81-76-229-6207; E-mail: y-mitsumoto@hokuriku-u.ac.jp


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