Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and treatments / Marisa R. Boyd, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyd, Marisa R.

Series:

Neurology--laboratory and clinical research development series.

Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series.

Neurology--laboratory and clinical research development series

Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alzheimer's disease--Diagnosis.

Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities. The most common form of dementia among older people is Alzheimer's Disease (AD), which involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. Age is the most important known risk factor for AD. The course the disease takes and the speed at which changes occur vary from person to person. On average, AD patients live from 8 to 10 years after they are diagnosed, though the disease can last for as many as 20 years. This book presents research in the study of Alzheimer's Disease, including diagnosis, testing and treatment of this condition.

Contents:

Alzheimer's disease: 100 years of research : a historical perspective and commentary / Walter J. Lukiw

Controlled and automatic memory processing in Alzheimer's disease / John M. Hudson

Age of onset related differences in clinical and neuropsychological features of Alzheimer's disease / Erin Saito ... [et al.]

Early onset dementia with abundant non-neuritic a [beta] plaques and without significant neuronal loss : report of two Japanese autopsy cases / Osamu Yokota, Kuniaki Tsuchiya, and Shigetoshi Kuroda

How and where does a [beta] exert its toxic effects in Alzheimer's disease? / Damian C. Crowther ... [et al.]

The spatial patterns of [beta]-amyloid (a [beta]) deposits and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease / Richard A. Armstrong

Brain function in altered states of consciousness : comparison between Alzheimer dementia and vegetative state / Mélanie Boly, Eric Salmon and Steven Laureys

Cognitive deficits in mild cognitive impairment / F. Ribeiro, M. Guerreiro and A. de Mendonça

Mitochondrial pathology and Alzheimer's disease / Michelangelo Mancuso ... [et al.]

Calmodulin binds to and regulates the activity of beta-secretase (BACE1) / Sara E. Chavez and Danton H. O'Day

Transgenic models of alzheimer's pathology : success and caveats / Benoît Delatour ... [et al.]

Relevance of COX-2 inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease / Amita Quadros ... [et al.]

Copper studies in Alzheimer's disease / R. Squitti ... [et al.]

Theoretical comparison of copper chelators as anti-Alzheimer and anti-prion agents / Liang Shen, Hong-Yu Zhang and Hong-Fang Ji

Toward a more rational approach to the treatment of patients with dementia with psychosis and behavioral disturbance / Suzanne Holroyd

Amyloid clearing immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease and the risk of cerebral amyloid angiopathy / Shawn J. Kile and John M. Olichney

Use of antidepressants in older people with mental illness : a systematic study of tolerability and use in different diagnostic groups / Stephen Curran ... [et al.]

Cystatin C role in Alzheimer disease : from neurodegeneration to neuroregeneration / Luisa Benussi, Giuliano Binetti and Roberta Ghidoni

A theoretical evaluation on acetylcholinesterase-inhibitory potential of quercetin / Hong-Fang Ji and Hong-Yu Zhang

Therapy with drug product AZD-103 may ease Alzheimer's disease / Antonio Orlacchio and Toshitaka Kawarai

NSAIDS in animal models of Alzheimer's disease / M. G. Giovannini ... [et al.].

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61122-586-8

OCLC:

923659715