Pathology of the Aging Human Nervous System
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This book is a concise and practical compendium of neuropathological information for all professionals whose responsibility it is to make diagnoses, care, and help elderly humans afflicted with neurological and/or psychiatric disorders. The term neuropathology includes a multitude of disciplines including pathology, histology, genetics, immunology, biochemistry, radiology, etc. This disciplinary approach is reflected in this book. This new edition has been completely revised and brought up to date from the 20th to the 21st century. Basic neuroscientists were invited to contribute chapters expl...
This book is a concise and practical compendium of neuropathological information for all professionals whose responsibility it is to make diagnoses, care, and help elderly humans afflicted with neurological and/or psychiatric disorders. The term neuropathology includes a multitude of disciplines including pathology, histology, genetics, immunology, biochemistry, radiology, etc. This disciplinary approach is reflected in this book. This new edition has been completely revised and brought up to date from the 20th to the 21st century. Basic neuroscientists were invited to contribute chapters explaining and describing basic scientific priniciples underlying the neuropathological disciplines. Also, additional information is provided concerning medic-legal issues, neuropharmacology, and a list of support groups for the elderly neurologically or mentally impaired in Brazil, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
A comprehensive review of the pathology of neurological diseases which afflict humans 65 years of age or older, this volume provides detailed information on all aspects of pathologic diagnosis, including discussions of morphology, immunology, molecular diagnosis, pharmacology and imaging techniques. Sections on the central, peripheral and sympathetic nervous systems comprehensively cover such individual topics as vascular pathology, dementia and Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, Huntington's disease and other spino-cerebellar degenerative disorders, and neuropathies. A lengthy chapter on tumors is included.
A comprehensive review of the pathology of neurological diseases which afflict humans 65 years of age or older, this volume provides detailed information on all aspects of pathologic diagnosis, including discussions of morphology, immunology, molecular diagnosis, pharmacology and imaging techniques. Sections on the central, peripheral and sympathetic nervous systems comprehensively cover such individual topics as vascular pathology, dementia and Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, Huntington's disease and other spino-cerebellar degenerative disorders, and neuropathies. A lengthy chapter on tumors is included.