Pathology of the aging human nervous system
By: edited by Serge Duckett, J.C. de la Torre.
Contributors: Duckett, Serge.; De La Torre, J. C. 1937-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 624
Subjects: Nervous System Diseases -- Aged; Aging; Nervous System -- pathology -- Aged
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. The normal aging human brain; title: Ch. 2. Molecular biology of the aging nervous system; title: Ch. 3. In vivo physiologic imaging of cerebral ischemia; title: Ch. 4. Cerebrovascular disease in the elderly; title: Ch. 5. Vascular dementia; title: Ch. 6. Basic mechanisms of neurodegeneration in dementia; title: Ch. 7. Dementia; title: Ch. 8. Alzheimer's Disease; title: Ch. 9. Parkinson's Disease; title: Ch. 10. The scientific basis of Parkinsonian Syndromes; title: Ch. 11. Degenerative diseases of the cerebellum; title: Ch. 12. Immunocytochemistry and molecular genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; title: Ch. 13. Huntington Disease with emphasis on late onset and aging; title: Ch. 14. Effects of malnutrition and alcholism on the aging nervous system; title: Ch. 15. Brain tumors in the elderly; title: Ch. 16. Neurometabolic disorders and the aging human nervous system; title: Ch. 17. Immunologic diseases of the aging nervous system; title: Ch. 18. Brain trauma in the elderly; title: Ch. 19. Infectious diseases; title: Ch. 20. Peripheral neuropathies; title: Ch. 21. The aging autonomic nervous system; title: Ch. 22. Pathology of skeletal muscle in aging; title: Ch. 23. Drug toxicity and the aging brain; title: Ch. 24. Forensic neuropathology.