Prospects in aging
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Bibliographic Information
Prospects in aging
(Sandoz lectures in gerontology, 1992)
Academic Press, c1993
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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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