256 pages, 67 figures, 6 tables, hardcover This monograph is the first of its kind to focus specifically on the role of astroglia in aging-related human neurodegenerative disorders and experimental models of CNS senescence and degeneration. As such, this volume in the Neuroscience Intelligence Unit Series represents a novel and important contribution to the basic and clinical neuroscience ...
The current volume focuses on several key aspects of mind/brain/body interactions in health and disease, including specific examples of interactions between body and brain, mechanisms underlying the response of the system to stressors, the role of early life events in permanently biasing the responsiveness of the system and practical implications of mind body interactions in human ...
Part I – LIFE WITH AN ALZHEIMER’S VICTIM This seven-year case study takes you into the home of a caregiver and her afflicted mother. You enter the victim’s world and share the first horrifying awareness of her illness, followed by denial, to the day she starts a new life in a nursing home. You experience the caregiver’s emotional growth from denial, irritation, ...
This is both a scholarly review of the dementias and a practical guide to their diagnosis and treatment. The second edition follows the format of the very successful first edition while incorporating major studies in recent years in clinical diagnosis utilising advanced neurimaging techniques.
Part of Mosby’s Biomedical Science series, each of the chapters in this handbook discusses a key principle, with definitions of important terms, examples of fundamental concepts and related principles.
