Title | Diagnosis and Treatment of Senile Dementia [electronic resource] / edited by Manfred Bergener, Barry Reisberg |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1989 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46658-8 |
Descript | XX, 396 p. online resource |
The Future of Psychogeriatrics -- Future of Psychogeriatrics: A Multidisciplinary Approach with Applications for Clinical Practice -- An Overview: Current Knowledge and Needs -- What is New and what is Necessary in Dementia Research? -- Epidemiology of Dementia -- Epidemiological Study on Age-Associated Dementia in Japan -- Risk Factors for Dementia: A Review of Hypotheses and Current Epidemiological Evidence -- Neuropathologic and Neurochemical Aspects of Dementia -- Alzheimerโs Disease โ Histopathological, Neurochemical, and Molecular Biological Aspects -- Neurochemistry of Dementia: Clinical Pathological Relationships -- Differential Diagnosis of Dementia -- Depression Versus Dementia: Further Evidence from the Liverpool Outcome Studies -- Age-Associated Memory Impairment, Benign Forgetfulness and Dementia -- Current Problems in the Clinical Diagnosis of Vascular Dementia -- Affective Disorders in Elderly and Dementing Patients -- Psychological Assessment of Aging and Dementia -- Psychological and Cognitive Factors in Psychogeriatric Memory Assessment -- Essentials of Psychological Assessment of the Mentally Ill Elderly: Mild Cognitive Impairment and the Issue of Plasticity -- Psychological Methods for the Assessment of Performance and Emotionality in Elderly Patients -- The SKT โ A Short Cognitive Performance Test as an Instrument for the Assessment of Clinical Efficacy of Cognition Enhancers -- Basic Clinical and Diagnostic Characteristics of Senile Dementia -- Early Diagnosis of Dementias -- Symptomatic Changes in CNS Aging and Dementia of the Alzheimer Type: Cross-Sectional, Temporal, and Remediable Concomitants -- Diagnosis and Treatment of Senile Dementia: Early Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis -- Stretegies for Treating Alzheimerโs Disease and Age-Associated Memory Impairment -- The Use of Positron Emission Tomography in the Early Diagnosis of Senile Dementia -- An Approach to the Treatment of Senile Dementia: Calcium Channel Modulation -- Pharmacology -- Molecular Pharacology of Calcium Channel Modulation -- Calcium Homeostasis in Brain Aging and Alzheimerโs Disease -- Nimodipine and Neural Plasticity -- Old Rats as an Animal Model for Senile Dementia: Behavioural Effects of Nimodipine -- Transfer of Nimodipine and Another Calcium Antagonist Accross the Blood-Brain Barrier and Their Regional Distribution in Vivo -- Tissue and Cellular Protective Effects of Nimodipine -- Clinical Results with Nimodipine -- Therapeutic Efficacy of Nootropic Drugs โ A Discussion of Clinical Phase III Studies with Nimodipine as a Model -- Therapeutic Results with Nimodipine in Primary Degenerative Dementia and Multi-Infarct Dementia -- Nimodipine Treatment Improves Cognitive Functions in Vascular Dementia -- Nimodipine in the Treatment of Alzheimerโs Disease -- Nimodipine for Psychogeriatric Use: Methods, Strategies, and Considerations Based on Experience with Clinical Trials -- Subjectlndex