Understanding brain aging and dementia
Subtitle: a life course approach
By: Lawrence J. Whalley
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9780231163828; 9780231163835
Subjects: Dementia; Treatment; Diagnosis
Description: A major new synthesis of the science behind dementia, identifying the genetic factors that contribute to the pace of aging and showing how behaviors starting in childhood can influence how we age. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The life course approach; title: The well-connected brain; title: Evolution, aging, and dementia; title: The aging brain; title: The biology of the dementias; title: The disconnected mind; title: Emotional aging; title: Dementia syndromes; title: Dementia risk reduction, 1: concepts, reserve and early life opportunities; title: Dementia risk reduction, 2: midlife opportunities to delay dementia onset; title: Dementia risk reduction, 3: multidomain approaches.