LEADER 02271nam 2200433 450 001 9910809480403321 005 20230808200246.0 010 $a0-19-872609-0 010 $a0-19-103902-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000924279 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4732311 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000924279 100 $a20161123h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe fragile brain $ethe strange, hopeful science of dementia /$fKathleen Taylor 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aOxford, England :$cOxford University Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (336 pages) $cillustrations, photographs, charts, tables 311 $a0-19-872608-2 311 $a0-19-103903-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFragile 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. 330 $a"In this sensitive and informative account of dementia science, focusing on Alzheimer's, the neuroscientist and writer Kathleen Taylor explains what we have learnt in recent years about the condition. She looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the currently dominant view of the disease-- the amyloid cascade hypothesis-- and at the identified risk factors."--$cbook jacket. 606 $aAlzheimer's disease 615 0$aAlzheimer's disease. 676 $a616.831 700 $aTaylor$b Kathleen$01476721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809480403321 996 $aThe fragile brain$93940037 997 $aUNINA