Ciba Foundation Symposium 169 ‐ Aluminium in Biology and Medicine: Aluminium in Biology and Medicine: Ciba Foundation Symposium 169

Prominent contributors address issues regarding the toxicity of aluminum which causes an encephalopathy in renal dialysis patients and is also known to damage animals and plants via acid rain. Examines the chemistry and biology of aluminum compounds focusing on the evidence for and against aluminum's role in Alzheimer's disease. Content: Aluminium In Biology: An Introduction / R.j.p. Williams -- Aluminium Speciation In Biology / R.b. Martin -- Dietary And Other Sources Of Aluminium Intake / J.l. Greger -- Interrelationship Between Silicon And Aluminium In The Biological Effects Of Aluminium / J.d. Birchall -- Epidemiology Of Alzheimer's Disease In Relation To Aluminium / C.n. Martyn -- Aluminium And The Pathogenesis Of Alzheimer's Disease: A Summary Of Evidence / D.r. Mclachlan, P.e. Fraser And A.j. Dalton -- Intestinal Absorption Of Aluminium / G.b. Van Der Voet -- Aluminium Intoxication In Renal Disease / D.n.s. Kerr [and Others] -- Aluminium And Alzheimer's Disease / H.m. Wisniewski And G.y. Wen -- Aluminium Accumulation, [beta]-amyloid Deposition And Neurofibrillary Changes In The Central Nervous System / J.a. Edwardson [and Others] -- Aluminium(iii) In Experimental Cell Pathology / P. Zatta, M. Nicolini And B. Corain -- Elemental Analysis Of Neurofibrillary Tangles In Alzheimer's Disease Using Proton-induced X-ray Analysis / F.e.s. Murray [and Others] -- Aluminium And The Neurofibrillary Tangle: Results Of Tissue Microprobe Studies / D.p. Perl And P.f. Good -- Intracellular Effects Of Aluminium On Receptor-activated Cytoplasmic Ca2 Signals In Pancreatic Acinar Cells / O.h. Petersen, M. Wakui And C.c.h. Petersen -- Neurotoxic Effects Of Dietary Aluminium / R.s. Jope And G.v.w. Johnson -- Molecular Characterization And Measurement Of Alzheimer's Disease Pathology: Implications For Genetic And Environmental Aetiology / C.m. Wischik [and Others] -- Summing-up / R.j.p. Williams. Editors, Derek J. Chadwick (organizer) And Julie Whelan. A Wiley-interscience Publication. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.