1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910809480403321

Autore

Taylor Kathleen

Titolo

The fragile brain : the strange, hopeful science of dementia / / Kathleen Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-872609-0

0-19-103902-0

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations, photographs, charts, tables

Disciplina

616.831

Soggetti

Alzheimer's disease

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Fragile brains -- PART 1 The Problem -- Living well and growing old -- Counting the costs -- Brain disorders affect all of us -- Discovering Dementia -- Protein problems -- Too much Amyloid? -- Transfers in? -- How to clean your brain -- PART 2 Risk Factors -- Interpreting risk factors -- The inescapables-- age, gender, and genes -- Injury and surgery -- Infection and inflammation -- Big killers -- Consurmerism, literally -- Exercise -- Traditional vices -- Unhealthy environments -- Use it or lose it -- What are your chances? -- PART 3 Mechanism -- The puzzle ofAmyloid -- The promise of Amyloid -- Probing the frontiers -- This end is only a beginning.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this sensitive and informative account of dementia science, focusing on Alzheimer's, the neuroscientist and writer Kathleen Taylor explains what we have learnt in recent years about the condition.  She looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the currently dominant view of the disease-- the amyloid cascade hypothesis-- and at the identified risk factors."--



2.

Record Nr.

UNISOBE600200023348

Autore

Grandi, Dino

Titolo

Venticinque luglio. Quarant'anni dopo / Dino Grandi ; cur. Renzo De Felice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna, : Il Mulino, 1983

Descrizione fisica

501 p. ; 20 cm

Collana

Storia/memoria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia