COGN NEUROPS ALZHEI DISEA 2E C

2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-19-850830-4
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 250 mm, Gewicht: 924 g

Alzheimer's disease can be thought of as a multi-faceted neuropsychological disorder, with diverse impairments in cognitive abilities, such as attention, memory, language and executive functioning. Over the last decade cognitive neuropsychology has provided a far richer understanding of these impairments, and this book describes these advances, placing them in their clinical context.

The first section deals with background theoretical and clinical issues, such as the extent to which Alzheimer's disease can be considered as a single entity or whether it is more fruitful to explore the neuropsychology of individual patients. It considers the diagnostic aspects of Alzheimer's disease, the natural history of the disease, how it progresses over time and the characteristics of the prodromal phase. A second section, the core of the book, covers major cognitive functions and delineates how impairments can be differentiated from each other. A third portion integrates what is known about cognitive decline with the underlying neurobiological basis, including pathological structural brain abnormality and neuropharmacological changes. The final section explores the clinical implications of the research with an overview of the neuropsychological assessment of this disease, cognitive approaches to management, and neurobiological treatment.

As an introduction to this field, The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease brings together the opinion of leading researchers in a book that will provide a useful source of information for neurologists, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists who wish to broaden their knowledge concerning this debilitating condition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morris, Robin

Becker, James

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Section 1: Introduction

- 1: Robin G. Morris and James T. Becker: A cognitive neuropsychology of Alzheimer's disease

- Section 2: Background issues

- 2: Elaine Funnell: The single case study and Alzheimer's disease

- 3: Colin Gray and Sergio della Salla: Measuring impairment and charting decline in Alzheimer's disease

- 4: Oscar L. Lopez and James T. Becker: The natural history of Alzheimer's disease

- 5: Brent J. Small, Agneta Herlitz and Lars Backman: Preclinical Alzheimer's disease: cognitive and memory functioning

- Section 3: Neuropsychological functions

- 6: Raja Parasuraman: Attentional functioning in Alzheimer's disease

- 7: Fabienne Collette and Martial van der Linden: Executive functions in Alzheimer's disease

- 8: Amy A. Overman and James T. Becker: Information processing defects in episodic memory in Alzheimer's disease

- 9: Peter Bright and Michael D. Kopelman: Remote memory in Alzheimer's disease

- 10: David P. Salmon and Christine Fennema-Notestine: Implicit memory in Alzheimer's disease: Priming and skill learning

- 11: Peter Garrard, Karalyn Patterson and John R. Hodges: Semantic memory in Alzheimer's disease

- 12: Andrew Kertesz: Language in Alzheimer's disease

- 13: Naida L. Graham and Karalyn Patterson: Reading aloud and spelling in Alzheimer's disease

- 14: Jane McNeil: Calculation and number processing skills in Alzheimer's disease

- 15: Daphne Kidron and Morris Freedman: Motor functioning

- 16: Deborah Zaitchik and Marilyn S. Albert: Cognition and emotion

- 17: Robin G. Morris and Kristin Hannesdottir: Loss of 'awareness' in Alzheimer's disease

- Section 4: Neurobiological correlates of cognitive dysfunction

- 18: Robin G. Morris: Neurobiological changes in Alzheimer's disease: Structural, genetic and functional correlates of cognitive dysfunction

- 19: H. Valerie Curran, Michael D. Kopelman and Jennie M. Rusted: The cognitive psychopharmacology of Alzheimer's disease

- Section 5: The treatment and management of Alzheimer's disease

- 20: Edgar Miller: The assessment of dementia

- 21: Jennie M. Rusted and Linda Clare: Cognitive methods for the management of dementia

- 22: Oscar L. Lopez and Sandra Bell: Neurobiological approaches to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease