Alzheimer's disease decoded : the history, present, and future of Alzheimer's disease and dementia / Ronald Sahyouni, UC Irvine, Aradhana Verma, UC San Francisco, Jefferson Chen, UC Irvine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sahyouni, Ronald, author.

Verma, Aradhana, author.

Chen, Jefferson, author.

Contributor:

World Scientific (Firm)

William Pepper Medical Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alzheimer's disease.

Dementia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2022]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I Introduction, History, and Overview p. 1

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Brain and Nervous System p. 3

Chapter 2 Dysfunction p. 37

Chapter 3 Senility and Normal Aging p. 59

Chapter 4 What is Dementia? p. 71

Chapter 5 Introduction to Alzheimer's Disease p. 91

Chapter 6 Hypotheses of Alzheimer's Disease p. 121

Chapter 7 Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease p. 141

Chapter 8 The History of Alzheimer's Disease p. 179

Chapter 9 An Interesting Link p. 203

Chapter 10 Is Alzheimer's Transmissible? p. 221

Part II Novel Therapies and Future Directions p. 235

Chapter 11 Surgical Treatments for Dementia p. 237

Chapter 12 Is There a Link to Traumatic Brain Injury? p. 255

Chapter 13 What's Going on Now? p. 265

Chapter 14 Alzheimer's and Cancer: Partners in Mystery p. 293

Chapter 15 Novel Therapies p. 307

Chapter 16 How Can We Solve the Problem? p. 343

Chapter 17 Alzheimer's: A Futuristic Perspective p. 359

Chapter 18 What Resources Exist? p. 371.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Singapore Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William Pepper Medical Library Fund.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9789811235115

9811235112

Publisher Number:

99990154626

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Restricted for use by site license.