Prospects in aging
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Prospects in aging
(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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