Handbook of the Aging Brain brings together diverse scientific disciplines to cover the most recent research findings in an easy-to-read summary. Scientists and clinicians will find a wide spectrum of subjects including gerontology, neurology, psychology, molecular biology, and cellular biology. The book includes general chapters on the neuroanatomy and neurobiology of the aging brain, and moves on to discussion of specifics including signal transduction, cell death, and specific cellular and neurological changes associated with dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease. Other chapters discuss the affect of aging on learning and memory, language, and cognition.
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"Brain structure and cognitive function in normal aging as well as in Alzheimer's disease is the focus of an excellent multi-authored volume, Handbook of the Aging Brain. An enormous amount of data is summarized leading to the overall conclusion that Alzheimer's disease is not simply a more serious or rapid extension of the normal aging process...[Handbook of the Aging Brain] is strongly recommended for those with considerable knowledge of neurobiology, Alzheimer's disease, aging, and brain disorders."
--CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY
"In conclusion, the book is a collection of reviews that offers the most recent advances in the field, and the cahpters are well-written, well-organized, and well-referenced. The book is a very good source for both clinicians and research workers."
--JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
--CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY
"In conclusion, the book is a collection of reviews that offers the most recent advances in the field, and the cahpters are well-written, well-organized, and well-referenced. The book is a very good source for both clinicians and research workers."
--JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
About the Author
Eugenia Wang is Director of The Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research in Montreal, Canada. With a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Wang holds several current appointments including Associate Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Aging, Department of Medicine at McGill University, is a member of the National Advisory Council, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, and is Past Chairperson of the Biological Science Section of the Canadian Association on Gerontology.
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Changes in memory occur with age, but memory changes are also the earliest cognitive change seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prion protein diseases, astroglial mitochondria, place field expansion, cortisol slope, cell cycle traverse, human motor neuron disease, declarative memory performance, tau molecule, place cell firing, microtubule binding domain, spike broadening, recombinant tau, abnormal prion protein, elevated glucocorticoid levels, cellular prion protein, neurofilament accumulations, field specificity, scrapie prion proteins, prion protein gene, senescent human fibroblasts, armadillo family, hippocampal place cells, octapeptide repeat, phosphorylation domain, otrophic lateral sclerosis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Brain Res, New York, Cell Biol, Trends Neurosci, Nature Med, Handbook of the Aging Brain, Acta Neuropathol, Van Hoesen, Academic Press All, Brain Pathol, Nature Genet, Known Tetrode, Human Genet, Washington University, Brain Cognition, Dal Canto, Elsevier Science, National Institute, Oxford University Press, Rats Young New!
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Changes in memory occur with age, but memory changes are also the earliest cognitive change seen in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
prion protein diseases, astroglial mitochondria, place field expansion, cortisol slope, cell cycle traverse, human motor neuron disease, declarative memory performance, tau molecule, place cell firing, microtubule binding domain, spike broadening, recombinant tau, abnormal prion protein, elevated glucocorticoid levels, cellular prion protein, neurofilament accumulations, field specificity, scrapie prion proteins, prion protein gene, senescent human fibroblasts, armadillo family, hippocampal place cells, octapeptide repeat, phosphorylation domain, otrophic lateral sclerosis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Brain Res, New York, Cell Biol, Trends Neurosci, Nature Med, Handbook of the Aging Brain, Acta Neuropathol, Van Hoesen, Academic Press All, Brain Pathol, Nature Genet, Known Tetrode, Human Genet, Washington University, Brain Cognition, Dal Canto, Elsevier Science, National Institute, Oxford University Press, Rats Young New!
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- Mild Cognitive Impairment: Aging to Alzheimer's Disease (Medicine) by Ronald C. Petersen on page 182
- The Aging Brain (Maps of the Mind) by Lawrence J. Whalley in Back Matter
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