An up-to-date survey of the major dementing disorders, this guide provides the most recent clinical, epidemiological, and neurodiagnostic information related to the care and treatment of dementing illnesses-addressing subjects of vital importance such as ethics, neuropsychology, neuroimaging, and neuropathology.
Author(s): John C. Morris, James E. Galvin, David M. Holtzman
Edition: 2
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 544
Tags: Медицинские дисциплины;Неврология и нейрохирургия;
Front Cover......Page 1
Preface......Page 10
Contents......Page 12
Contributors......Page 20
About the Editors......Page 22
1. Ethical Issues in Dementia......Page 24
2. Epidemiology, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease: Methods Influence Conclusions......Page 40
3. Healthy Brain Aging......Page 64
4. Neuropsychological Assessment of Dementia......Page 82
5. Neuroimaging in Dementia: Structural Imaging......Page 112
6. Functional Imaging in Dementia......Page 130
7. The Neuropathology of Dementia......Page 152
8. Genetics of Dementia......Page 186
9. Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia......Page 198
10. Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment......Page 214
11. Down’s Syndrome, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Dementia......Page 232
12. Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Disorders......Page 244
13. Frontotemporal Dementia......Page 264
14. Vascular Dementia......Page 276
15. Prion Diseases and Dementia......Page 300
16. Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus......Page 326
17. HIV-Associated Dementia......Page 344
18. Influence of Comorbidities in Dementia......Page 356
19. Depression and Dementia......Page 372
20. Management of the Driver with Dementia......Page 384
21. The Plan of Care......Page 400
22. Comprehensive Review of Caregiving for the Health Care Professional......Page 416
23. Pharmacology for the Cognitive Symptoms of Dementia......Page 428
24. Treatment of the Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease......Page 440
25. Amyloid-Based Strategies to Treat and Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease......Page 456
26. Prevention Strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease......Page 476
27. Dementia Update 2006......Page 498
Index......Page 528
