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Prospects in aging

edited by J.L.C. Dall ... [et al.]

(Sandoz lectures in gerontology, 1992)

Academic Press, c1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The fifth series of Sandoz Lectures discusses three topics--longevity and healthy aging, the aging brain, and coping with stroke disease. This book provides a multi-disciplinary consideration of each.

Table of Contents

  • If you survive - are you alive? is research contributing to a longer or to a better life?, M. Ermini and C. Hesse
  • opening address, C.R. Pfaltz
  • the UN programme towards a practical strategy 1991-2001, A. Sideorenko
  • psychosocial aspects of longevity and healthy ageing, H. Thomas
  • genetic and evolutionary molecular aspects of ageing, R.G. Cutler
  • basic somatic aspects of ageing and longevity, G. Hofecker, et al
  • medical aspects of longevity and healthy ageing, J.P. Michel and J.M. Robine
  • epidemiology of cognitive disorder in aging, A.S. Henderson
  • molecular studies on the cognitive disorders of ageing - the role of BA4 amyloid protein precursor in Alzheimer's disease, C.L. Masters and K, Beyreuther
  • neuroanatomical aspects of cognitive dysfunction in the human brain, E.K. Perry and R.H. Perry
  • a memory clinic for the assessment and management of cognitive disorder, R. Levy
  • social competence in cognitive disorder, M. Silberfeld
  • cell repair after stroke, L. Hayflick
  • risk factors for stroke - hypertension, diabetes, lipids, transient ischemic attack, G. Crepaldi, et al
  • pathophysiology of stroke, K. Inamura and A. Terashi
  • automonic dysregulation and implications for therapy, F. Bille, et al
  • the importance of the social care for stroke patients and their families, J. Bond
  • summary, J.L.C. Dall.

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