Functional Neurobiology of Aging - Hardcover

Patrick R. Hof

9780123518309: Functional Neurobiology of Aging

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 012351830X ISBN 13: 9780123518309

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 2001

Some well-known age-related neurological diseases include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, deafness, and blindness. Even more common are the problems of aging which are not due to disease but to more subtle impairments in neurobiological systems, including impairments in vision, memory loss, muscle weakening, and loss of reproductive functions, changes in body weight, and sleeplessness. As the average age of our society increases, diseases of aging continue to become more common, and conditions associated with aging need more attention by doctors and researchers. In 1991, patients over the age of 65 saw their doctors an average of eight times per year. Research funding is provided by the Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging (NNA) Program, which is run by the National Institute on Aging. This book offers a comprehensive overview of all topics related to functional impairments which are related to the aging brain and nervous system. It is organized according to four general functions: movement, senses, memory, and neuroendocrine regulation. Written by the leading researchers in the field, this comprehensive work addresses both impairments associated with diseases and not associated with diseases, making it easier to understand the mechanisms involved. "Functional Neurobiology of Aging" is an important reference for professionals and students involved in aging research, as well as physicians who need to recognize and understand age-related impairments. Key features: organized by function, making it easy to find and understand the material; addresses impairments both associated with diseases and not associated with diseases; written by leading researchers in the field; and most comprehensive source of information on the neurobiology of aging.

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Review:

This book contains much that is interesting and would provide a dedicated reader a great basic science foundation for patient care. -Ronald Sims for DOODY PUBLISHING REVIEWS (2002) The book should be read by anyone interested in the structure and function of aging and diseased nervous systems, in humans and in animals. ...provides up-to-date information on brain aging and disease, as well as relevant signposts for directions that are likely to be followed in the future. --Stanley I. Rapoport, National Institute on Aging, in NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (October 2001)

From the Back Cover:

Functional Neurobiology of Aging is the first book to comprehensively address this rapidly expanding topic. The book is organized according to four general functional domains: memory and cognition, senses, movement, and neuroendocrine regulation, whose impairments during aging involve the nervous system. A key concept developed and clarified in the book is the distinction between diseases associated with aging and more general processes that can be thought of as intrinsic to the aging process itself. Thus, for example, age-related impairments due to Alzheimer's disease are carefully distinguished from age-related impairments in memory and cognition, which are independent of Alzheimer's disease. Whether caused by disease or not, age-associated impairments in function are described in the context of anatomical, molecular, and physiological mechanisms which may underlie these deficits. This book is the only single comprehensive source of information for the entire range of topics associated with the neurobiology of aging and should, therefore, be of value to students as well as professional researchers and physicians.
Key Features
* Organized by function, making it easy to find and understand the material
* Addresses impairments both associated with diseases and not associated with diseases
* Written by leading researchers in the field
* Most comprehensive source of information on the neurobiology of aging|Functional Neurobiology of Aging is the first book to comprehensively address this rapidly expanding topic. The book is organized according to four general functional domains: memory and cognition, senses, movement, and neuroendocrine regulation, whose impairments during aging involve the nervous system. A key concept developed and clarified in the book is the distinction between diseases associated with aging and more general processes that can be thought of as intrinsic to the aging process itself. Thus, for example, age-related impairments due to Alzheimer's disease are carefully distinguished from age-related impairments in memory and cognition, which are independent of Alzheimer's disease. Whether caused by disease or not, age-associated impairments in function are described in the context of anatomical, molecular, and physiological mechanisms which may underlie these deficits. This book is the only single comprehensive source of information for the entire range of topics associated with the neurobiology of aging and should, therefore, be of value to students as well as professional researchers and physicians.
Key Features
* Organized by function, making it easy to find and understand the material
* Addresses impairments both associated with diseases and not associated with diseases
* Written by leading researchers in the field
* Most comprehensive source of information on the neurobiology of aging

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