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Geriatric neurology /

"Geriatric Neurology, Volume 167, serves as an update on the basic biological and behavioral mechanisms underlying the aging process, with an emphasis on neurological aging and state-of-the-art reviews on our understanding of vascular, cognitive, neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: DeKosky, Steven T. (Editor ), Asthana, Sanjay (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2019]
Colección:Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 167.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Section I: Foundations and principles of geriatric neurology. Geriatric pharmacotherapy: appraising new drugs for neurologic disorders in older patients
  • Animal models of cognitive aging and circuit-specific vulnerability
  • Psychopharmacology and pharmacokinetics
  • Geriatric models of care for neurodegenerative disorders
  • Neurologic examination in the elderly
  • Cognitive and neuropsychological examination of the elderly
  • Chronic neurological disorders and related comorbidities: role of age-associated physiological changes
  • Autonomic dysfunction: diagnosis and management
  • Epidemiology of aging and associated cognitive disorders: prevalence and incidence of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
  • Neuropsychology of aging
  • Cognitive reserve
  • Neuroimaging in aging and neurologic diseases
  • Section II: Neurologic disorders of late-life. Alzheimer�s disease
  • Parkinson�s disease: diagnosis and appreciation of comorbidities
  • Frontotemporal dementia
  • Recognizing and treating atypical Parkinson disorders
  • Down syndrome
  • The long-term consequences of repetitive head impacts: chronic traumatic encephalopathy
  • Delirium in the critically ill patient
  • Vascular cognitive impairment: a preventable component of dementia
  • Stroke in the elderly
  • Gait and dementia
  • Assessment and treatment of major depression in older adults
  • Neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia
  • Epilepsy and aging
  • Sleep physiology and disorders in aging and dementia
  • Urological function and dysfunction in aging: Diagnosis and treatment
  • Headache in the elderly
  • Section III: General topics in geriatric neurology. Geriatric rehabilitation
  • Palliative medicine and end-of-life care
  • Driving in the elderly in health and disease
  • The evolution of geriatric neurology.