The Handbook of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias doc

... in the 1970s that catalyzed the modern era wave of clinical and scientifi c research into the causes, mechanisms, and treatment of Alzheimer ’ s disease and related dementias. The fi rst of these ... 1906 ) of “ a distinct disease process ” (Nair & Green, 2006 ). Following his initial publication The Handbook of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Demen...

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... and a half decades of friendship and support they have offered personally and, in addition, professionally in their roles heading the Ahmanson Biological Imaging Division, and Department of ... the basic elements of a clinical diagnostic evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias; and also addresses how to identify candidates for a dementia eva...

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... http://adsc.ohioalzcenter.org/. 90 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias Most research into the treatment of dementias is focused on trying to understand the disease process. As more is known about the disease process, ... brain disorders. The best way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias is to take good care of 98 Alzheimer’s Disease an...

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... deficiency in the striatum of patients with Parkinson’s disease and the subsequent introduction of levodopa as a dramatically effective therapy of this hitherto devastating illness. Since then the therapeutic ... Valvular heart disease and the use of dopamine agonists for Parkinson’s disease. The New England Journal of Medicine, 356 (1), 39 46. 90 PARKINSON’S DISE...

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... function of the basal ganglia and the pathophysiology of movement disorders and will, in turn, promote the improvement of current and the development of new therapeutic approaches to the treatment of ... actions in other areas of the circuitry or even by other cortical areas not directly related to the motor portion of the basal ganglia. 3. MOVEMENT DIS...

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... have the potential to ameliorate several of the dysfunctional events characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease. Metal-based therapeutics have already provided promising results for the treatment of Alzheimer’s ... USA Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) destroys the mental health of millions of people worldwide. Sufferers lose their inde- pendence and require dedica...

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... tragic effects of Alzheimer’s is that children and grandchildren may become strangers to victims of the disease. Humans are defined, in part, by the people they know and love and by their experiences. ... who may realize on one hand that they can no longer take care of their relative, while on the other hand hating the idea that their loved one is away from his or her...

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... At the other end of the age spectrum, Huntington's disease may also present atypically. Families are described in whom the disease usually presents after the age of 50 years and then in the ... Occasionally, the problem remits. Eventually, some patients learn to write with the other hand, although at the risk of then developing the problem in that hand a...

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... 23 and2 4). Cortical Lewy body disease The prevalence of a cortical-type dementia in Parkinson’s disease has long been debated. Most of the recent surveys give a figure of between 15 and 20% of the ... and nerve loss in the hippocampus and neocortex of a nature consistent with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. In other patients, the major cortical patho...

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