Alzheimer Disease: The Changing View: The Changing View
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contentsvii
- Prefacexi
- Chapter I. Setting the Stage1
- Chapter 2. The Pioneers11
- The Ultrastructure of AD11
- Cognitive Decline in the Elderly and AD Pathology „ The First Prospective Study: Newcastle46
- Chapter 3. The Need For Care97
- The Impact on Families97
- Designing the First Special Care Unit114
- Chapter 4. Understanding the Biology of AD127
- Experimental Models127
- Genetics150
- Chapter 5. The Cholinergic Story: Hope for the Patient and Family167
- Clues and Chemical Leads: Scopolamine Impairs Cognition167
- The Loss of Cholinergic Markers in the AD Brain179
- Chapter 6. Improving the Accuracy of Diagnosis211
- Chapter 7. The Impact of AD and Society's Response237
- Demography237
- Public Health Impact252
- The National Institutes of Health Respond272
- The Rise of the Alzheimer's Association312
- Chapter 8. The Next Act353
- Index379
This book details how "Alzheimer Disease" went from being an obscure neurologic diagnosis to a household word. The words of those responsible for this revolution are the heart of this book. Dr. Robert Katzman and Dr. Katherine Bick, leaders in Alzheimer research and policy making, interview the people responsible for this awakening of public consciousness about Alzheimer
Disease from 1960 to 1980. They speak with the scientists, public health officials, government regulators, and concerned relatives and activists responsible for taking this neurodegenerative disease out of the "back wards" through the halls of Congress, and on to the front page. The reader will learn how the explosive increase in research funding and public awareness came about, how physicians and psychiatrists established diagnostic criteria, how drugs were developed that offer hope for sufferers, and how the Alzheimer's Association was born.
* Written in the words of those responsible for the widespread recognition of this neurodegenerative disease
* The authors are recognised as leaders in Alzheimer research and policy making
Disease from 1960 to 1980. They speak with the scientists, public health officials, government regulators, and concerned relatives and activists responsible for taking this neurodegenerative disease out of the "back wards" through the halls of Congress, and on to the front page. The reader will learn how the explosive increase in research funding and public awareness came about, how physicians and psychiatrists established diagnostic criteria, how drugs were developed that offer hope for sufferers, and how the Alzheimer's Association was born.
* Written in the words of those responsible for the widespread recognition of this neurodegenerative disease
* The authors are recognised as leaders in Alzheimer research and policy making