The ageing brain: the neurobiology and neuropsychiatry of ageing

"There are many urban myths about ageing, and some of these apply to the brain. The reviews included in this book are an attempt to flush out these myths, and arm the clinician and general researcher with the empirical facts that can be mustered to substantiate claims about ageing. There are ma...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lisse Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers 2003
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Zusammenfassung:"There are many urban myths about ageing, and some of these apply to the brain. The reviews included in this book are an attempt to flush out these myths, and arm the clinician and general researcher with the empirical facts that can be mustered to substantiate claims about ageing. There are many salient questions: Is cognitive change to be expected in an elderly individual? Is this change progressive, relentless and unselective, or is it focal and constrained? Would every person who lived long enough develop Alzheimer's disease? Do our neurones die as we grow old? What happens to the size of the brain and its metabolic activity? How do our hormones change with age? Can anti-oxidants slow or even stop the process of ageing? Are genes important for the ageing brain, or is it all in the environment? How much of what we are is due to what we eat? The contributors to this book, each an expert in their field, have addressed some of these questions in a language simple enough for a general reader to understand."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 348 p. ill. : 25 cm
ISBN:9026519435

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