Alzheimer's disease and other dementias / Stephen M. Stahl, University of California, San Diego, Debbi Ann Morrissette, Nueroscience Education Institute ; Nancy Muntner, illustrations
By: Stahl, Stephen M [author].
Contributor(s): Morrissette, Debbi Ann [author] | Muntner, Nancy [illustrator].
Series: Stahl's illustrated series: Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, ©2019Description: xiii, 230 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107688674.Subject(s): Alzheimer's disease -- Chemotherapy | Dementia -- Chemotherapy | Psychopharmacology | DementiaGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC523 .S734 2019 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015001 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
Alzheimer's disease -- Lewy body dementias and other synucleinopathies -- Frontotemporal labor degeneration and taopathies -- Other dementias -- Treatment of secondary behavioral symptoms of dementia
"Although a disease-altering treatment has yet to be found, our understanding of Alzheimer's disease (AD) genetics and neurobiology has increased exponentially over the past few decades, as has our ability to detect Alzheimer's pathology using various biomarkers. In this chapter, we will review the genetic, pathological, and behavioral features of Alzheimer's disease and discuss how the use of biomarkers for the detection of AD has potentially opened up new avenues for the prevention (or possible reversal) of AD"--Provided by publisher