Dementia and normal aging /

Dementia and normal aging /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Huppert, Felicia A., Brayne, Carol, O'Connor, D. W. (Daniel W.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
Age Factors.
Aging.
Dementia.
Alzheimer Disease.
Table of Contents:
  • What is the relationship between dementia and normal aging / F.A. Huppert, C. Brayne
  • Development of contemporary views of dementia
  • Dementia and aging since the nineteenth century / G.E. Berrios
  • History of research into dementia and its relationship to current concepts / W.A. Lishman
  • Relationship between dementia and normal aging of the brain / Sir Martin Roth
  • Diagnosis of dementia today
  • International criteria and differential diagnosis / A.S. Henderson, N. Sartorius
  • Mild dementia: a clinical perspective / D.W. O'Connor
  • Neurological aspects of dementia and normal aging / J.R. Hodges
  • Imaging and dementia / C.E.L. Freer
  • Research methodology and population studies
  • How common are cognitive impairment and dememtia? An epidemiological viewpoint / C. Brayne
  • What are the risk factors for dementia / J.A. Mortimer
  • How do risk factors for dementia relate to current theories on mechanisms of aging / T.B.L. Kirkwood
  • Method for measuring dementia as a continuum in community surveys / A.F. Jorm
  • Behaviour and cognition in dementia and normal aging
  • Meaning of dementia to those involved as carers / P.A. Pollitt
  • Personality and behavviour in dementia and normal aging / T. Hope
  • Memory function in dementia and normal aging: dimension or dichotomy / F.A. Huppert
  • Language in dementia and normal aging / D. Kempler, E.M. Zelinski
  • Visuospatial dysfunction in dementia and normal aging / J.V. Filoteo ... [et al.]
  • Neurobiology of dementia and normal aging
  • Dementia and normal aging: neuropathology / M. Esiri
  • Cholinergic component of dementia and aging / E.K. Perry ... [et al.]
  • Molecular characterization of the neurodegenerative changes which distinguish normal aging from Alzheimer's disease / C. Wischik, C. Harrington, E.B. Mukaetova-Ladinska
  • Genetic linkage in Alzheimer's disease / S.-J. Richards, C. van Broeckhoven
  • Health care and social policy issues
  • Health-care policy and planning for dementia: an international perspective / B. Cooper
  • Public health implications of a continuum model of dementia / K.-T. Khaw