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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Normal brain aging : clinical, immunological, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging features / Maria T. Caserta, Yvonne Bannon, Francisco Fernandez, Brian Giunta, Mike R. Schoenberg, and Jun Tan -- Subcortical ischemic cerebrovascular dementia / Uma Menon and Roger E. Kelley -- Cerebrovascular and cardiovascular pathology in Alzheimer's disease / Jack C. de la Torre -- Neuroimaging of cognitive impairments in vascular disease / Carol Di Perri, Turi O. Dalaker, Mona K. Beyer, and Robert Zivadinov -- Contributions of neuropsychology and neuroimaging to understanding clinical subtypes of mild cognitive impairment / Amy J. Jak, Katherine J. Bangen, Christina E. Wierenga, Lisa Delano-Wood, Jody Corey-Bloom, and Mark W. Bondi -- Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in dementias and mild cognitive impairment / H. Randall Griffith, Christopher C. Stewart, and Jan A. den Hollander -- Application of PET imaging to diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment / James M. Noble and Nikolaos Scarmeas -- The molecular and cellular pathogenesis of dementia of the Alzheimer's type : an overview / Francisco A. Luque and Stephen L. Jaffe -- Alzheimer's disease genetics : current status and future perspectives / Lars Bertram -- Frontotemporal lobar degeneration : insights from neuropsychology and neuroimaging / Andrea C. Bozoki and Muhammad U. Farooq -- Lewy body dementia / Jennifer C. Hanson and Carol F. Lippa -- Dementia in Parkinson's disease / Bradley J. Robottom and William J. Weiner -- Early onset dementia / Halim Fadil, Aimee Borazanci, Elhachmia Ait Ben Haddou, Mohamed Yahyaoui, Elena Korniychuk, Stephen L. Jaffe, and Alireza Minagar -- Normal pressure hydrocephalus / Glen R. Finney -- Reversible dementias / Anahid Kabasakalian and Glen R. Finney.

Deals with the various aspects of dementia and provides a wide range of sub-topics in the field of dementia. This monograph intends to stimulate other physicians' and neuroscientists' interest to carry out more research projects into pathogenesis of this devastating group of diseases.

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