Full Description
Volume 5 continues section 8 covering ageing, age-related disorders and dementia. It includes chapters on epidemiology, the problem of possible subgroups in Alzheimer's disease, pathological and chemical correlates of dementia, disorders of attention and motor functions, as well as additional chapters on memory. A chapter on treatment strategies for dementia and reviews of specific disorders (Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease and HIV infection). The second part of Volume 5, Section 9, deals with cognitive models, neurolinguistic approaches to aphasia, and with methodological and practical issues in neuropsychology.
Contents
Section 8: Ageing and Dementia (continued) (S. Corkin). 1. The epidemiology of dementia, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease (L. Amaducci and A. Lippi). 2. Subgroups of dementia: methodological issues and applications to Alzheimer's disease (H.C. Chui). 3. Pathological and chemical correlates of dementia (P.J. Whitehouse, M. Tabaton and D. Lanska). 4. Nuclear magnetic resonance: principles and applications to neuroscience research (J.W. Pettegrew). 5. Treatment strategies in primary degenerative dementias (E. Mohr and T. N. Chase). 6. The role of attention disorders in the cognitive deficits of dementia (H. Spinnler). 7. Age-related changes in memory: learning and remembering new information (F.A. Huppert). 8. Differential effects of ageing and age-related neurological diseases on memory subsystems of the brain (J.D.E. Gabrieli). 9. Motorfunctions in ageing and neurodegenerative disease (F. Pirozzolo, R.K. Mahurin, A.A. Sirihart). 10. Cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease (B. Dubois, F. Boller, B. Pillon and Y. Agid). 11. Cognitive impairments in Huntington's disease: insights into the neuropsychology of the striatum (J. Brandt). 12. The neurology and neuropsychology of HIV infection (Y. Stern and K. Marder). Section 9: Cognitive Methodological and Practical Approaches (J. Grafman and F. Boller). 13. The role of cognitive theory in neuropsychological research (A. Olson and A. Caramazza). Language processing and language disorders as revealed through studies of syntactic comprehension (D. Caplan). 15. Current methodological issues in human neuropsychology (G. Vallar). 16. Neuropsychology in its daily practice: past and present (F. Boller, A.A. Swihart, M.M. Forbes and G. Denes).
