Pathology of the Aging Human Nervous System

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Serge Duckett, J. C. de la Torre
Oxford University Press, 2001 M05 17 - 648 pages
This book is a concise and practical compendium of neuropathological information for all professionals whose responsibility it is to make diagnoses, care, and help elderly humans afflicted with neurological and/or psychiatric disorders. The term neuropathology includes a multitude of disciplines including pathology, histology, genetics, immunology, biochemistry, radiology, etc. This disciplinary approach is reflected in this book. This new edition has been completely revised and brought up to date from the 20th to the 21st century. Basic neuroscientists were invited to contribute chapters explaining and describing basic scientific principles underlying the neuropathological disciplines. Also, additional information is provided concerning medic-legal issues, neuropharmacology, and a list of support groups for the elderly neurologically or mentally impaired in Brazil, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
 

Contents

The Normal Aging Human Brain
1
Molecular Biology of the Aging Nervous System
16
In Vivo Physiologic Imaging of Cerebral Ischemia
42
Cerebrovascular Disease in the Elderly
58
Vascular Dementia
101
Basic Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in Dementia
123
Dementia
156
Alzheimers Disease
207
Brain Tumors in the Elderly
408
Neurometabolic Disorders and the Aging Human Nervous System
429
Immunologic Diseases of the Aging Nervous System
446
Brain Trauma in the Elderly
458
Infectious Diseases
474
Peripheral Neuropathies
499
The Aging Autonomic nervous System
527
Pathology of Skeletal Muscle in Aging
546

Parkinsons Disease
264
The Scientific Basis of Parkinsonian Syndromes
309
Degenerative Diseases of the Cerebellum
322
Immunocytochemistry and Molecular Genetics of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
360
Huntington Disease with Emphasis on Late Onset and Aging
369
Effects of Malnutrition and Alcoholism on the Aging Nervous System
392
Drug Toxicity and the Aging Brain
563
Forensic Meuropathology
572
Support Groups for the Neurologically Impaired Patients and Their Caretakers
587
The Diagnosis of the CreutzfeldtJakob Concept
593
Index
605
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