| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Language |
Text in English. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-310) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Subject |
Dementia.
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Alzheimer's disease.
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Brain -- Physiology.
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Nervous system -- Degeneration.
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Alzheimer's disease. (OCoLC)fst00806532
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Brain -- Physiology.
(OCoLC)fst00837651
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Dementia. (OCoLC)fst00890050
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Nervous system -- Degeneration.
(OCoLC)fst01036090
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Dementia. (DNLM)D003704
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| ISBN |
9780198726081 |
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0198726082 |
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