Animal Models of Neurological Disorders

This book introduces undergraduate, postgraduate and research students and scientists to animal models of neurological disorders, along with their working principle and brief procedures. Addressing all the disorders related to the central nervous system (CNS) in a single platform, on the basis of various literature surveys it describes different procedures to induce a single disease with the help of toxins/chemicals. It also includes numerous protocols for inducing single neurological diseases, thus fulfilling an urgent need for a book that makes specific procedures for neurological disorders available, so that specific disease can be induced in laboratories according to the availability of resources. Further, it acquaints readers with the pathological changes that occur in a particular neurological disorder, which reflect specific signs and symptoms of any particular disease, and examines how they affect everyday life. It is a valuable resource for researchers aiming to eradicate or improve neurological disorders by testing the benefits of different drugs.

Dr. Puneet Kumar Bansal is an associate professor of pharmacology at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University, Bathinda, Punjab, India. Previously, he worked as a professor at the ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab. Dr. Bansal completed his Ph.D at the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His research interests encompass the pharmacological screening of herbal and semisynthetic and synthetic drugs in animal models of various diseases such as movement disorders. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed research papers/book chapters, and has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Bansal completed two major research projects for Government funded agencies. He received the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) fellowship for attending IBRO neuroscience schools in Hong Kong and Malaysia, and has presented his research work and given invited talks at numerous international conferences. Recently he was selected as Fellow of The Linnean Society of London, which is the world's oldest active biological society, and is also a member of various highly respected national and international professional societies. 

Dr. Rahul Deshmukh is a professor and head of the Department of Pharmacology, ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, Punjab. He received his doctoral degree from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar. He has 14 years of teaching and research experience in the field of pharmacology. His research area is focused on understanding the neurobiology of cognitive and movement disorders. He has published over 50 research and review articles in international peer-reviewed journals as well as books and book chapters. He received several research grants from funding agencies of the Government of India. He also delivered various invited talks at a number of conferences and is a member of numerous highly respected national and international professional societies.