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Edited By
Patrick Hof, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
Charles Mobbs, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
Description
A single volume of 85 articles, the Handbook of the Neurobiology of Aging is an authoritative selection of relevant chapters from the
Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, the most comprehensive source of neuroscience information assembled to date (AP Oct 2008).
The study
of neural aging is a central topic in neuroscience, neuropsychology and gerontology. Some well-known age-related neurological diseases
include Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, but even more common are problems of aging which are not due to disease but to more subtle impairments
in neurobiological systems, including impairments in vision, memory loss, muscle weakening, and loss of reproductive functions, changes
in body weight, and sleeplessness. As the average age of our society increases, diseases of aging become more common and conditions associated
with aging need more attention by doctors and researchers.
This book offers an overview of topics related to neurobiological impairments
which are related to the aging brain and nervous system. Coverage ranges from animal models to human imaging, fundamentals of age-related
neural changes and pathological neurodegeneration, and offers an overview of structural and functional changes at the molecular, systems,
and cognitive levels. Key pathologies such as memory disorders, Alzheimer's, dementia, Down syndrome, Parkinson's, and stroke are discussed,
as are cutting edge interventions such as cell replacement therapy and deep brain stimulation. There is no other current single-volume
reference with such a comprehensive coverage and depth.
Authors selected are the internationally renowned experts for the particular
topics on which they write, and the volume is richly illustrated with over 100 color figures. A collection of articles reviewing our
fundamental knowledge of neural aging, the book provides an essential, affordable reference for scientists in all areas of Neuroscience,
Neuropsychology and Gerontology.
Audience
Neuroscientists, gerontologists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, and endocrinologists.
Contents
SECTION I: NORMAL AGING
SECTION II: SENSORY
SECTION III: COGNITION
SECTION IV: NEUROENDOCRINE
SECTION V: STRUCTURAL
SECTION VI:
MOLECULAR
SECTION VII: PATHOLOGIES
SECTION IX: MODELS
SECTION X: INTERVENTIONS
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Hardbound, 0 pages, publication date: JUN-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-374898-0
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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