Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases
Recent Advances in Research and Clinical Management
This book represents the proceedings of the "Third National Conference
on Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Problems, Prospects and Perspectives"
held on October 12-14, 1988 at Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan.
Table Of Contents
Diagnosis and Early Detection
- Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease
- Biochemical Markers of Alzheimer's Disease
- Brain Imaging as a Useful Tool in the Diagnosis of Dementia
- Clinical Assessment Procedures for Distinguishing Age - Associated
Memory Impairment from Dementia
- Dementia and Depression: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
- Clinical Features and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
Etiology and Pathology
- Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease: Key
Questions and New Approaches
- Environmental Factors in Alzheimer's Disease
- Alzheimer's Disease, a Disease of the Association Neocortices and Connected
Regions: Metabolic, Cognitive and Pathologic Correlations
- Significance of Neuropeptide Changes in Alzheimer's Disease
- Study of Neurotransmitters Suggests "Glycine-Site Therapy"
in Alzheimer's Disease and an Investigative Approach for Late - Life Depression
- Relationships Between Circulating Glucose Levels and Memory Storage
Processes
- Structure and Function of Ubiquitin: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease
- Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease and Down's Syndrome: Overlaps
and Boundaries in Clinical Presentation and Evolution
Treatment Strategies
- Parallels Between Animals and Humans in Terms of the Neural Foundations
of Memory: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease
- Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease with Cholinomimetic Agents
- Non-cholinergic Pharmacotherapy in Alzheimer's Disease: A Review and
Update
- Phosphatidylserine: A Therapeutic Approach to the Aging Brain
- Neurotrophic Factors in the CNS: Possible Therapeutic Intervention
- Neural Grafts: Evaluation of Potential Surgical Techniques for Clinical
Studies
- Transplantation of Adrenal Medullary Tissue to Brain in Parkinson's
Disease: Implications for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Continuum of Care: Professional Management
- The Clinical Assessment of Dementia
- Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Dementia
- Alzheimer's Disease: A Treatment Overview
- Financing Long Term Care with Emphasis on Alzheimer's Disease
- Physician as Family and Resource Facilitator
- Dilemmas for Nursing Homes in the Provision of Alzheimer's Services
- Design and Mentally Impaired Persons: Considerations of the Sophisticated
Sponsor
- Difficult Behaviors: Management, Training, and Research Considerations
- Paranoia in Persons with Alzheimer's Disease
- Management of Aggressive Disruptive Behavior and Wandering
- Medical Management of the Behavioral Problems Associated with Dementia
of the Alzheimer's Type
- Reflections on Parkinson's Disease
- Future Directions in the Care of the Parkinsonian
Continuum of Care - The Family
- Alzheimer's Disease: Medication Issues for the Lay Person
- Family Counseling as a Decision Tool
- Spectrum of Care to Facilitate Coping
- Strategies for Managing People with Dementia
- Making the Decision for Nursing Home Placement
- Bereavement, Loss, and New Beginnings
Legal and Ethical Issues
- Legal Aspects of Planning for Health Care
- Alzheimer's Disease: Legal and Financial Aspects of Long - Term Illness
- Medicolegal and Moral Considerations in Dealing with Alzheimer's Disease
- Long - Term Care Utilization by Black Elderly in Detroit: Racial Representation
and Equity of Care
- The Needs of Clients: A Consumer Viewpoint and Implications for Public
Policy
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