Title | Alzheimer Disease [electronic resource] : From Molecular Biology to Theraphy / edited by Robert E. Becker, Ezio Giacobini, Joyce M. Barton, Mona Brown |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Birkhรคuser Boston, 1997 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4116-4 |
Descript | XIV, 614 p. online resource |
I. Pathological Basis of Therapy in Alzheimerโs Disease -- Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alzheimerโs Disease -- Neuropathology Of Alzheimerโs Disease -- Processing of Amyloid, Cytoskeletal Damage and Apolipoproteins -- Cell Death: Excitotoxins, Apoptosis And Hypometabolism -- Neurotrophins, Growth Factors and Neuroprotectors -- Animal Models -- II. The Cholinergic System in Brain -- Treatment of Alzheimer Disease -- Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Alzheimer Disease Treatment -- III. Nicotinic and Muscarinic Cholinergic Agonists -- Nicotinic Agonists -- Muscarinic Agonists and Antagonists -- The Potential of Antioxidant Therapy -- The Potential for Anti-Inflammatory Therapy -- IV. Development of New Therapies in Alzheimer Disease -- Design of Clinical Trials -- Advances in Assessment -- SPECT and PET -- Potential Markers of Disease Progression and Drug Efficacy in Alzheimerโs Disease -- Treatment of Behavioral and Psychosocial Disturbances -- V. Social Issue in Alzheimer Disease -- Legal and Ethical Issues -- Socio-Economic As pects of Alzheimer Disease Treatment -- International Harmonization of Drug Guidelines -- Research Priorities in Alzheimer Disease Treatment โ An International Perspective -- Author Index