Research Catalog

Title

Alzheimer disease / editors, Robert D. Terry, Robert Katzman, Katherine L. Bick.

Publication

New York : Raven Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Bick, Katherine L.
• Katzman, Robert.
• Terry, Robert D.

Description

xv, 472 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Subjects

• Alzheimer Disease
• Alzheimer's disease

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. The Early Story of Alzheimer Disease / Katherine L. Bick -- 2. Diagnosis / Leonard Berg and John C. Morris -- 3. Noncognitive Symptoms of Alzheimer Disease / Marshal F. Folstein and Frederick W. Bylsma -- 4. Neuropsychological Features of Memory Disorders in Alzheimer Disease / Mark W. Bondi, David P. Salmon and Nelson M. Butters -- 5. Clinical Genetics of Familial Alzheimer Disease / Thomas D. Bird -- 6. Neuroimaging with CT and MRI in Alzheimer Disease / Ranjan Duara -- 7. PET Imaging / Norman L. Foster -- 8. The Epidemiology of Dementia and Alzheimer Disease / Robert Katzman and Claudia H. Kawas -- 9. Dementia Associated with Cerebrovascular Disease, Other Degenerative Diseases, and Metabolic Disorders / Thomas K. Tatemichi, Ned Sacktor and Richard Mayeux -- 10. Pathology of the Other Dementias / Lawrence A. Hansen -- 11. Structural Basis of the Cognitive Alterations in Alzheimer Disease / Robert D. Terry, Eliezer Masliah and Lawrence A. Hansen.
• 12. The Cellular Basis of Cortical Disconnection in Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementing Conditions / Patrick R. Hof and John H. Morrison -- 13. The Aged Nonhuman Primate: A Model for the Behavioral and Brain Abnormalities Occurring in Aged Humans / Donald L. Price, Lee J. Martin, Sangram S. Sisodia, Lary C. Walker, Mary Lou Voytko, Molly V. Wagster, Linda C. Cork and Vassilis E. Koliatsos -- 14. Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides / Paul T. Francis, Alan J. Cross and David M. Bowen -- 15. Cholinergic Systems and Related Neuropathological Predilection Patterns in Alzheimer Disease / Changiz Geula and M.-Marsel Mesulam -- 16. Neurotransmitter Receptors in Alzheimer Disease / Anne B. Young and John B. Penney, Jr. -- 17. [beta]-Amyloid and Its Contributions to Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer Disease / Carl W. Cotman and Christian J. Pike -- 18. [beta]-Amyloid and Amyloid Precursor Protein: Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Neuropathology / Nikolaos K. Robakis.
• 19. Neuronal Abnormalities, Not Amyloid, Are the Cause of Dementia in Alzheimer Disease / Peter Davies -- 20. Tau Protein and Alzheimer Disease / Kenneth S. Kosik and Steven M. Greenberg -- 21. The Molecular Genetics of Alzheimer Disease / Peter H. St George-Hyslop -- 22. Brain Trace Elements in Alzheimer Disease / William R. Markesbery and William D. Ehmann -- 23. The Role of Membranes and Energetics in Alzheimer Disease / Jay W. Pettegrew, Richard J. McClure, Julian N. Kanfer, R. Preston Mason, Kanagasabai Panchalingam and William E. Klunk -- 24. Altered Signal Transduction in Alzheimer Disease / Karen Horsburgh and Tsunao Saitoh -- 25. Neurotrophic Factors and Neuronal Loss: Potential Relevance to Alzheimer Disease / Mark H. Tuszynski and Fred H. Gage -- 26. Noncognitive Symptoms in Alzheimer Disease: Definitions, Treatments, and Possible Etiologies / Peter V. Rabins -- 27. Clinical Trials in Alzheimer Disease / Leon J. Thal.
• 28. The Prospect on Developing Treatments for Alzheimer Disease / Zaven S. Khachaturian, Creighton H. Phelps and Neil S. Buckholtz -- Note Added in Proof: Apolipoprotein E4 as the Major Genetic Susceptibility Factor for Alzheimer Disease / Robert Katzman.

ISBN

0781700817

LCCN

93016682

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries