Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and treatments [[electronic resource] /] / Marisa R. Boyd, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910789525703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science, c2010
• ISBN: 1-61122-586-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Collana: Neurology--laboratory and clinical research development series; Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series
• Altri autori (Persone): BoydMarisa R
• Disciplina: 616.8/31
• Soggetti: Alzheimer's disease - Diagnosis; Alzheimer's disease - Treatment
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Alzheimer's disease: 100 years of research : a historical perspective and commentary / Walter J. Lukiw -- Controlled and automatic memory processing in Alzheimer's disease / John M. Hudson -- Age of onset related differences in clinical and neuropsychological features of Alzheimer's disease / Erin Saito ... [et al.] -- Early onset dementia with abundant non-neuritic a [beta] plaques and without significant neuronal loss : report of two Japanese autopsy cases / Osamu Yokota, Kuniaki Tsuchiya, and Shigetoshi Kuroda -- How and where does a [beta] exert its toxic effects in Alzheimer's disease? / Damian C. Crowther ... [et al.] -- The spatial patterns of [beta]-amyloid (a [beta]) deposits and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's disease / Richard A. Armstrong -- Brain function in altered states of consciousness : comparison between Alzheimer dementia and vegetative state / Mélanie Boly, Eric Salmon and Steven Laureys -- Cognitive deficits in mild cognitive impairment / F. Ribeiro, M. Guerreiro and A. de Mendonça -- Mitochondrial pathology and Alzheimer's disease / Michelangelo Mancuso ... [et al.] -- Calmodulin binds to and regulates the activity of beta-secretase (BACE1) / Sara E. Chavez and Danton H. O'Day -- Transgenic models of alzheimer's pathology : success and caveats / Benoît Delatour ... [et al.] -- Relevance of COX-2 inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease / Amita Quadros ... [et al.] -- Copper studies in Alzheimer's disease / R. Squitti ... [et al.] ; -- Theoretical comparison of copper chelators as anti-Alzheimer and anti-prion agents / Liang Shen, Hong-Yu Zhang and Hong-Fang Ji -- Toward a more rational approach to the treatment of patients with dementia with psychosis and behavioral disturbance / Suzanne Holroyd -- Amyloid clearing immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease and the risk of cerebral amyloid angiopathy / Shawn J. Kile and John M. Olichney -- Use of antidepressants in older people with mental illness : a systematic study of tolerability and use in different diagnostic groups / Stephen Curran ... [et al.] -- Cystatin C role in Alzheimer disease : from neurodegeneration to neuroregeneration / Luisa Benussi, Giuliano Binetti and Roberta Ghidoni -- A theoretical evaluation on acetylcholinesterase-inhibitory potential of quercetin / Hong-Fang Ji and Hong-Yu Zhang -- Therapy with drug product AZD-103 may ease Alzheimer's disease / Antonio Orlacchio and Toshitaka Kawarai -- NSAIDS in animal models of Alzheimer's disease / M. G. Giovannini ... [et al.].