02271nam 2200433 450 991080948040332120230808200246.00-19-872609-00-19-103902-0(CKB)3710000000924279(MiAaPQ)EBC4732311(EXLCZ)99371000000092427920161123h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe fragile brain the strange, hopeful science of dementia /Kathleen TaylorFirst edition.Oxford, England :Oxford University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (336 pages) illustrations, photographs, charts, tables0-19-872608-2 0-19-103903-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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."--book jacket.Alzheimer's diseaseAlzheimer's disease.616.831Taylor Kathleen1476721MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809480403321The fragile brain3940037UNINA