Alzheimer's Disease Research Trends
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-60021-712-8 (ISBN)
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 number of people with the disease doubles every 5 years beyond age 65. AD is a slow disease, starting with mild memory problems and ending with severe brain damage. The course the disease takes and how fast 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. Current research is aimed at understanding why AD occurs and who is at greatest risk of developing it, improving the accuracy of diagnosis and the ability to identify those at risk, discovering, developing, and testing new treatments, and discovering treatments for behavioural problems in patients with AD. This new book gathers state-of-the-art research from leading scientists throughout the world which offers important information on understanding the underlying causes and discovering the most effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
Preface; Expert Commentaries; Alzheimer's Disease - 100 Years of Research; Evidence-based Care Intervention Aimed at Reducing Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) among Elderly with Dementia using the Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold Model; Research and Review Studies; Polymer Templates have an Organising Effect on AB Aggregation; Dual Inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase and Serotonin Transporter targeting Potential Agents for Alzheimer's Disease; Early Onset Dementia with Abundant Non-Neuritic AB Plagues and without Significant Neuronal Loss: Report of Two Japanese Autopsy Cases; Alzheimer's Disease; Volumetric Differences of Hippocampal Volume Effect fMRI Differences in the Brain Functional Activation for Alzheimer's Disease Patients during Memory Encoding; Protective Effect on Vitamin C on Okadaic Acid-Induced Oxidative Stress and Cytoskeletal Alterations in an In Vitro Model similar to Alzheimer's Disease in N1E-115 Neuroblastoma Cells; Focus on Dementia associated with Parkinson's Disease: The Role of Cholinesterase Inhibitors; A Comparison with Writing Alterations in Alzheimer's Patients; The Role of Alleles 4 and 2 of the APOE Gene and Cognitive Tests in The Early Conversion of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer Dementia; Neuroinflammatory Onset Dynamics and Progression in Alzheimer Disease; Effects of Dietary Docosahexaenoic Acid on Spatial Cognition of Normal and Alzheimer's Disease Model Rats; Navigational Disorders in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.11.2007 |
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| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 260 x 180 mm |
| Gewicht | 826 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-60021-712-5 / 1600217125 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-60021-712-8 / 9781600217128 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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