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Aging and Alzheimer's disease : sensory systems neuronal growth, and neuronal metabolism

Title: Aging and Alzheimer's disease : sensory systems neuronal growth, and neuronal metabolism / edited by John H. Growdon [and others].
Publication: New York, N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 1991.

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303 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 0077-8923 ; v. 640

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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 640.

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Note

Based on the Sixth Meeting of the International Study Group on the Pharmacology of Memory Disorders Associated with Aging, held on Feb. 15-17, 1991 in Zurich, Switzerland, and organized by the Center for Brain Sciences and Metabolism Charitable Trust.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Sensory Systems in Alzheimer's Disease -- Pathologic Changes in Olfactory Neurons in Alzheimer's Disease / Barbara R. Talamo [and others] -- Aluminum, Alzheimer's Disease, and the Olfactory System / Daniel P. Perl and Paul F. Good -- Pathologic Changes in the Olfactory System in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease / Bradley T. Hyman, Paulina V. Arriagada, and Gary W. Van Hoesen -- Olfactory Capacities in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease : Psychophysical and Anatomic Considerations / Richard L. Doty -- Visual Function in Alzheimer's Disease and Normal Aging / Alice Cronin-Golomb [and others] -- An Anatomic Substrate for Visual Disconnection in Alzheimer's Disease / John H. Morrison, Patrick R. Hof, and Constantin Bouras -- Retinal Degeneration in the Macula of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease / Janet C. Blanks [and others] -- Part II. Neuronal Metabolic Failure -- Blood-Brain Barrier Abnormalities in Alzheimer's Disease / Sami I. Harik and Rajesh N. Kalaria -- Abnormalities of Glucose Metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease / Siegfried Hoyer -- Cytochrome Oxidase Deficiency in Alzheimer's Disease / W. Davis Parker, Jr. -- Abnormalities of Energy Metabolism in Alzheimer's Disease Studied with PET / W.-D. Heiss [and others] -- SPECT in Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease / Henry C. Weinstein [and others] -- Does Cerebrovascular Insufficiency Contribute to Alzheimer's Disease? / Helmut Lechner, Kurt Niederkorn, and Reinhold Schmidt -- Part III. Signals for Neuronal Growth -- Specificity of Functional Changes during Normal Brain Aging / C.A. Barnes [and others] -- The Synthesis of Nerve Growth Factor and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Hippocampal and Cortical Neurons Is Regulated by Specific Transmitter Systems / Hans Thoenen [and others] -- Trophic Factor Effects on Septal Cholinergic Neurons / Clive N. Svendsen, Jonathan D. Cooper, and Michael V. Sofroniew -- Exogenous Nerve Growth Factor Reverses Age-Related Structural Changes in Neocortical Neurons in the Aging Rat : A Quantitative Golgi Study / Ronald F. Mervis [and others] -- Biologic Effects of Nerve Growth Factor on Lesioned Basal Forebrain Neurons / Vassilis E. Koliatsos [and others] -- Alterations of Phospholipid Metabolites in Postmortem Brain from Patients with Alzheimer's Disease / Roger Nitsch [and others] -- Why Do Phospholipid Levels Decrease with Repeated Stimulation? : A Study of Choline-Containing Compounds in Rat Striatum following Electrical Stimulation / Steven A. Farber, R. Levent Buyukuysal, and R.J. Wurtman -- Possible Enzymatic Causes for Elevated Phosphomonoesters in Alzheimer's Disease Brain Tissue / J.N. Kanfer [and others] -- Part IV. Disordered Amyloid Metabolism -- Preamyloid Deposits, Amyloid Deposits, and Senile Plaques in Alzheimer's Disease, Down Syndrome, and Aging / Orso Bugiani, Fabrizio Tagliavini, and Giorgio Giaccone -- Mechanisms of Amyloid Deposition in Alzheimer's Disease / Konrad Beyreuther [and others] -- Platelet Protease Nexin-2/Amyloid [beta]-Protein Precursor : Possible Pathologic and Physiologic Functions / William E. Van Nostrand [and others] -- Serum Amyloid P in Alzheimer's Disease : Implications for Dysfunction of the Blood-Brain Barrier / R.N. Kalaria [and others] -- Studies of Amyloid [beta]-Protein Precursor Expression in Alzheimer's Disease / Rudolph E. Tanzi and Bradley T. Hyman -- Hereditary Cerebral Hemorrhage with Amyloidosis-Dutch Type : A Congophilic Angiopathy : An Overview / Raymund A.C. Roos, Joost Haan, and Christine Van Broeckhoven -- Studies on the Proteolytic Degradation of the [beta]-Protein Precursor by Proteases Purified from Alzheimer's Disease Brain / C.R. Abraham [and others] -- Part V. Neurogenetics of Dementia -- Spontaneous Neurodegeneration in Transgenic Mice with Prion Protein Codon 101 Proline -- Leucine Substitution / Karen Hsiao [and others] -- A Mutation in the Prion Protein Gene in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in Jewish Patients of Libyan, Greek, and Tunisian Origin / Amos D. Korczyn [and others] -- Clinical and Pathologic Features of Chromosome 21-Linked Familial Alzheimer's Disease / M.J. Mullan [and others] -- Genetic Characterization of a Novel Familial Dementia / Jeremy Brown [and others] -- Part VI. Neuropathology -- A Glycine Site as Therapeutic Target / P.T. Francis, A.W. Procter, and D.M. Bowen -- Cellular Distribution and Expression of Cortical Acetylcholine Receptors in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease / Hannsjorg Schroder -- Recent Advances in the Neurochemical Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease : Studies of Neuropeptides, Cholinergic Function, and Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Protein / Charles B. Nemeroff [and others] -- Topography, Extent, and Clinical Relevance of Neurochemical Deficits in Dementia of Lewy Body Type, Parkinson's Disease, and Alzheimer's Disease / E.K. Perry [and others] -- Alzheimer Lesions in the Entorhinal Region and Isocortex in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Diseases / Kurt Jellinger [and others] -- Maintenance of Neuronal Plasticity in the Reticular Core and Changes in Trophic Activity in Alzheimer's Disease / Thomas Arendt, Martina K. Bruckner, and Volker Bigl -- Analysis of Monoamines in the Cerebrospinal Fluid of Chinese Patients with Alzheimer's Disease / Hsiu-Chih Liu [and others] -- Part VII. New Topics in Dementia -- The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Cognitive Function / Yaakov Stern -- Severity and Specificity of Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's Diseases, and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy / Bernard Pillon, Bruno Dubois, and Yves Agid -- Part VIII. Human Pharmacology -- Acetyl-L-Carnitine : A Drug Able to Slow the Progress of Alzheimer's Disease? / A. Carta and M. Calvani -- Efficacy of CDP-Choline in the Treatment of Senile Alterations in Memory / Enrique de la Morena -- Milacemide and Other Drugs Active at Glutamate NMDA Receptors as Potential Treatment for Dementia / Robert L. Herting -- Effects of NMDA Modulation in Scopolamine Dementia / Roy W. Jones, Keith A. Wesnes, and Judith Kirby -- Use of Phosphatidylserine in Alzheimer's Disease / L. Amaducci [and others] -- Essential Fatty Acids in Alzheimer's Disease / Frank M. Corrigan, Anton Van Rhijn, and David F. Horrobin -- Evaluation of HP 029 (Velnacrine Maleate) in Alzheimer's Disease / Michael F. Murphy [and others] -- Potential Clinical Use of an Adrenergic/Cholinergic Agent (HP 128) in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease / F. Jacob Huff [and others] -- Cholinesterase Inhibition in the Scopolamine Model of Dementia / Keith A. Wesnes [and others] -- Pharmacologic and Clinicopharmacologic Properties of SDZ ENA 713, a Centrally Selective Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor / Albert Enz [and others] -- Effect of Citalopram, a Selective 5-HT Reuptake Blocker, in Emotionally Disturbed Patients with Dementia / C.G. Gottfries and Anna Lena Nyth -- First Clinical Impressions with an ACTH Analog (HOE 427) in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease / Klaudius R. Siegfried -- Part IX. Animal Pharmacology -- Effect of BMY 21502 on Classical Conditioning of the Eyeblink Response in Young and Older Rabbits / Diana S. Woodruff-Pak [and others] -- Characterization of an Experimental Autoimmune Dementia Model in the Rat / Daniel M. Michaelson [and others] -- Age-Related Changes in Memory and Their Pharmacologic Modulation / Julian Agut and Jose A. Ortiz -- Age-Related Impairment of Signal Transduction and Its Correction with Antioxidants / Konstantin N. Yarygin and Alexander P. Khokhlov.

ISBN

0897667255
9780897667258
0897667263
9780897667265

LCCN

91041872

OCLC

ocm24792747
24792747
SCSB-1428817

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Princeton University Library