Cerebrovascular disease, cognitive impairment and dementia / edited by John O' Brien ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Brien, John, DM.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dementia--Epidemiology.

Dementia.

Dementia--Pathophysiology.

Cerebrovascular disease--Epidemiology.

Cerebrovascular disease.

Cerebrovascular disease--Pathophysiology.

Dementia--Patients--Care.

Dementia, Vascular--epidemiology.

Dementia, Vascular--pathology.

Dementia, Vascular--therapy.

Physiology, Pathological.

Medical Subjects:

Dementia, Vascular--epidemiology.

Dementia, Vascular--pathology.

Dementia, Vascular--therapy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Cerebrovascular disease and dementia.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Martin Dunitz, 2004.

Summary:

In recent years there has been a remarkable transformation in our knowledge about the role of vascular factors in cognitive decline and dementia. No longer viewed as 'just' causing the second most common form of dementia, it is now recognised that cerebrovascular disease influences clinical expression of cognitive and non-cognitive features in a variety of cognitive disorders, including Alzheimer's disease itself. Vascular processes interact with neuro-degenerative ones, and both appear to be risk factors for the other. This exciting new knowledge base allows important new insights into, and indeed challenges current views on, diagnosis and management of all dementias. Cerebrovascular Disease, Cognitive Impairment and Dementia contains contributions from leading international experts in the field and covers epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical features, investigations (including neuroimaging), management, and service and carer issues. It is a truly comprehensive yet accessible text which puts basic research findings in a clinically relevant context and covers the whole spectrum of cerebrovascular disease in relation to cognitive and non-cognitive features. The book will appeal to psychiatrists, neurologists, geriatricians, allied health professionals and others involved in the care of patients with cognitive impairment and dementia.

Contents:

I. Classification and Diagnosis

1. Historical overview / Lars Gustafson 3

2. Classification and diagnostic criteria / Robert Stewart 17

II. Epidemiology and Risk Factors

3. Epidemiology of vascular dementia in Europe / Ingmar Skoog, Olafur Aevarsson 35

4. Epidemiology of vascular dementia in North America / Robin Eastwood, John O'Brien 49

5. Epidemiology of vascular dementia in Japan / Akira Homma, Kazuo Hasegawa 61

6. Epidemiology of vascular dementia in China / Xin Yu, Yucun Shen 75

7. Epidemiology of vascular dementia: meta-analysis / Anthony F Jorm, Rajeev Kumar 85

8. The epidemiology of vascular dementia: an overview and commentary / Anthony F Jorm, John O'Brien 95

III. Pathophysiology of Cerebrovascular Disease

with Reference to Dementias

9. The neuropathology of vascular dementia and its overlap with Alzheimer's disease / Arne Brun 103

10. White matter pathology of vascular dementia / Elisabet Englund 117

11. Neurotransmitter changes in vascular dementia / Jennifer A Court, Elaine K Perry, Raj N Kalaria 133

12. Hereditary forms of vascular dementia / Martin Dichgans 153

13. Homocysteine, cerebrovascular disease, cognitive function and aging / Katherine L Tucker, Tammy M Scott, Marshal Folstein 181

IV. Clinical Features

14. Clinical pathological correlates / Lars Gustafson, Ulla Passant 197

15. Behavioral neurology of sporadic vascular dementia / Kjell Martin Moksnes, Anders Wallin 211

16. Vascular mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment after stroke / Sally Stephens, Stuart Sadler, Elise Rowan, Michael Bradbury, Clive Ballard 225

17. Cognition and neuropsychology / Tammy M Scott, Marshal Folstein 237

18. Noncognitive symptoms / Robert Barber 253

V. Assessment and Investigations

19. Clinical assessment and investigations / Alan Thomas 273

20. Neuroimaging in vascular dementia / John O'Brien 287

VI. Management

21. Primary prevention / Stephen M Davis 313

22. Secondary prevention: medical management of established cerebrovascular disease / Leon Flicker, Nicola T Lautenschlager 329

23. Treatment of cognitive impairment in vascular dementia / David Wilkinson 339

24. Management of psychiatric disorders associated with cerebrovascular disease / Joe Stratford, David Ames 353

25. Vascular dementia: consequences for family carers and implications for management / Henry Brodaty, Alisa Green, Lee-Fay Low 363

26. The challenges in provision of longterm care and in understanding behavioral disorders in cerebrovascular disease and dementia / Edmond Chiu 379.

Notes:

Previous ed.: published as Cerebrovascular disease and dementia. 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1841842664

OCLC:

52195448