Title | Aging and Recovery of Function in the Central Nervous System [electronic resource] / edited by Stephen W. Scheff |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1984 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2705-9 |
Descript | online resource |
1 Longevity, Disease, and Autoimmune Reactions following Focal Cortical Injuries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Longevity -- 3. Disease Profiles -- 4. Neuron-Binding Antibodies -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- 2 Aging and Hypothalamic Regulation of Metabolic, Autonomic, and Endocrine Function -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Structure and Function of the Hypothalamus -- 3. Hypothalamic Theories of Aging -- 4. Effects of Hypothalamic Damage -- 5. Aging-Hypothalamic Damage Comparisons -- 6. Overview and Summary -- References -- 3 Morphological Measurements in the Aging Rat Cerebral Cortex -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Neuronal and Glial Cell Number Changes during Aging -- 3. Aging and Impoverishment -- 4. Summary -- References -- 4 Morphologic Aspects of Brain Damage in Aging -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reactive Synaptogenesis in Young Adult Animals -- 3. Normal Anatomy of the Aged Hippocampus -- 4. Reactive Synaptogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus of Aged Animals -- 5. Adrenergic Sprouting in the Limbic System of Aged Rats -- 6. Possible Mechanisms for Reduced Sprouting Capacity -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- 5 Relationship of the Raphe and Suprachiasmatic Nuclei to Serotonin Facilitation of Cyclic Reproductive Functions in Aging Female Rats -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Temporal Patterns of Hypothalamic 5-HT and Cyclic Reproductive Function -- References -- 6 Behavioral Consequences of Neuronal Plasticity following Injury to Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Neurons -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approaches to Studying the Neural Events Mediating Behavioral Recovery -- 3. Inattention to Stimuli -- 4. Neglect after Nigrostriatal Injury as a Model System -- 5. Neural Events Contributing to Recovery of Sensorimotor Functions -- 6. Future Directions -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- 7 Do Rats Have Hypotheses? A Developmental and Means-Ends Analyses Approach to Brain Damage, Recovery of Function, and Aging -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- References -- 8 Age, Brain Damage, and Behavioral Recovery -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial Alternation Learning -- 3. Emotional Reactivity -- 4. DRL-20 Performance -- 5. Discussion -- References -- 9 Age and Recovery from Brain Damage: A Review of Clinical Studies -- 1. Functional Plasticity after Early Brain Injury -- 2. Head Injury through the Lifespan -- 3. Pathophysiology of Closed-Head Injury in Relation to Age -- 4. Effects of Age on Outcome after Head Injury -- 5. Early and Late Neurobehavioral Effects of Head Injury -- 6. Directions for Future Research -- References -- 10 Recovery of Function in Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Alzheimerโs Disease: The Clinical and Biochemical Problem -- 3. Behavioral Strategies for Cognitive Deficits of Alzheimerโs Disease -- 4. Pharmacologic Intervention in Alzheimerโs Disease -- 5. Cholinergic Systems, Trophic Substances, and Potential Therapies for Alzheimerโs Disease -- 6. Pharmacologic Enhancement of a Trophic Factor Effect -- References