Title | Aging 2000: Our Health Care Destiny [electronic resource] : Volume 1: Biomedical Issues / edited by Charles M. Gaitz, T. Samorajski |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1985 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5058-6 |
Descript | XXVI, 546 p. online resource |
for Volume I -- I. Overview -- 1. Health Care of the Aging: Trends, Dilemmas, and Prospects for the Year 2000 -- 2. The Next Twenty Years: Medical Science and the Practice of Geriatrics -- II. Basic Mechanisms of Biologic Aging -- 3. The Biology of Aging and the Quality of Later Life -- 4. Extending the Mammalian Life Span -- 5. Aging Humans and Aging Cells -- 6. A Progress Report on Neurochemical and Neuroendocrine Regulation in Normal and Pathologic Aging -- 7. New Approaches to Alzheimerโs Disease: Neurotrophic Factors -- III. Neurochemistry of Aging and Age-Related Diseases -- 8. Neurochemistry of the Aging Brain and Senile Dementia -- 9. Brain Neurotransmitters in Normal Aging -- 10. Neuropeptides in Human Aging and Dementia -- 11. Receptor-Mediated Alterations of Central Monoaminergic Transmission in Aged Wistar Rats -- 12. Dopamine Receptors: Antiparkinsonian Activity and Molecular Mechanisms -- 13. Prolactin Studies in Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type -- 14. Prospects for Synergistic Drug Combinations for the Treatment of Senile Amnesias -- 15. Effects of Aging and Hypertension on Cerebral Blood Flow and Autoregulation in Normal Subjects and CVD Patients -- IV. Imaging Techniques -- 16. Imaging Techniques of the Aging Brain -- 17. Computerized Tomography (CT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) in Normal and Pathologic Aging -- V. Experimental Neuropathology -- 18. Cholinergic Deficiencies in Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type -- 19. Noncortical Transmitter-Specific Neurons in Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type -- 20. Neuropathology of the Aging Brain and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type -- VI. Prevention and Treatment of Physical Disorders -- 21. Interaction of Aging and Disease -- 22. Rational and Successful Health Care of Tomorrows Elderly: An Academic Perspective -- VII. Interface of Psychiatry and Medicine -- 23. Psychiatry versus Medicine: Am I My Brothers Keeper? -- 24. Toward an Interface of Mental and Physical Health Phenomena in Geriatrics: Clinical Findings and Questions -- VIII. Pharmacotherapy of Mental Illness in the Elderly -- 25. Pharmacotherapy of Mental Disorders of Old Age -- 26. Considerations for Treating the Elderly with Psychotropic Medications -- 27. Rationale for the Use of Therapeutic Agents in Affective Disorders (AD) and Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT) -- 28. Prospects for the Development of Safer Antipsychotic Agents for the Treatments of the Elderly -- 29. Prospects for Safer Pharmacologic Treatment of Affective Disorders in the Elderly -- IX. Dihydroergotoxine Mesylate (Hydergine) -- 30. Hydergine: Interaction with Neurotransmitter Systems in the Central Nervous System -- 31. Implications of Long-Term Study of Hydergine in Elderly Patients with Chronic Senile Cerebral Insufficiency -- 32. Determinants of Successful Aging: Findings from a Study with Ergoloid Mesylates (Hydergine) -- 33. Differential Patient Response to Ergoloid Mesylates According to Current Etiopathic Notions of Dementia -- 34. A Dose-Response Study of Dihydroergotoxine (DHET) Mesylate for Cerebrovascular Disturbances -- X. Psychiatric Treatment in the Future -- 35. The Mental Health Professional in a Preventive Role -- 36. Concepts of Depression in the Elderly: Signposts to Future Mental Health Needs -- 37. Psychiatric Treatments for the Aged: 2000 and Beyond -- 38. Aging and Mental Retardation: An International Perspective -- 39. Senile Dementia: Psychological and Behavioral Treatments -- 40. Implications of New Research for Care of Alzheimerโs Disease -- 41. The Future of Psychotherapy and the Elderly -- XI. A Look into the Future -- 42. โOld Wine in New Bottlesโ: Medical Care for the Elderly in the Year 2000 -- 43. Health Care in the 21st Century: The Social and Ethical Context -- 44. Future Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies: A Realistic Forecast -- Epilogue