Alzheimer Disease - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0781700817 ISBN 13: 9780781700818

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1994

Synopsis

Written by some of the world's foremost authorities on Alzheimer disease from all relevant basic science fields and clinical specialties, this volume is aims to provide a definitive reference on Alzheimer disease (AD). The book provides an in-depth review of current concepts on every aspect of AD - from its molecular and cellular bases to its inheritance patterns, signs and symptoms, associated anatomic and biochemical pathologies, diagnosis, and therapy. Coverage includes diagnostic criteria, neuropsychology, clinical genetics, epidemiology, and MRI, CT, and PET imaging. Noted investigators discuss current theories on the cell types vulnerable to damage in AD; the underlying alterations in neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, neurotropic factors, receptors, and signal transduction mechanisms; the protein constituents of the neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles; the molecular genetics of AD; and the role of trace elements in its pathogenesis. The book concludes with reviews of clinical trials and experimental therapeutics.

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Review:

"The authors are imminently qualified to write on this subject...their first-hand knowledge of the period in question and of the individuals they interview enriches the book's content considerably."
--Norman R. Relkin, MD, PhD in NEUROLOGY (April 2001)
"Katzman and Bick demonstrate considerable interviewing skills, and their respondents provide remarkably generous and candid material. This book will therefore fascinate students of the history of science, regardless of their interest in Alzheimer's disease. For those who have such interest, it is a rare treat."
--John C.S. Breitner, MD, MPH, ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY (March 2001)

From the Back Cover:

Alzheimer disease has been completely redefined from a rare, early form of dementia to its current status as the fourth leading cause of death. The words of those responsible for this revolution are the heart of this book. Robert Katzman and Katherine Bick, leaders in Alzheimer research and policy making, interview the scientists, public health officials, government regulators, and activists who have helped unveil the mystery of this tragic disease. Alzheimer Disease: The Changing View chronicles the explosive increase in public awareness and funding, the establishment of diagnostic criteria, the development of therapeutic drugs, and the birth of the Alzheimer's Association.|Alzheimer disease has been completely redefined from a rare, early form of dementia to its current status as the fourth leading cause of death. The words of those responsible for this revolution are the heart of this book. Robert Katzman and Katherine Bick, leaders in Alzheimer research and policy making, interview the scientists, public health officials, government regulators, and activists who have helped unveil the mystery of this tragic disease.Alzheimer Disease: The Changing View chronicles the explosive increase in public awareness and funding, the establishment of diagnostic criteria, the development of therapeutic drugs, and the birth of the Alzheimer's Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0781700817
• ISBN 13: 9780781700818
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496
• Editor: Terry Robert, Katzman Robert, Bick Katherine