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Author Martin, Colin R., author

Title Diet and nutrition in dementia and cognitive decline / Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy ; contributors Angela Marie Abbatecola [and one hundred fifty seven others]
Published London, England : Academic Press, 2015
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (1246 pages) : illustrations, tables
Contents Front Cover; Diet and Nutrition in Dementia and Cognitive Decline; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Foreword; I. Introductory Aspects, Specific Conditions, and Basic Mechanisms in Dementia and Cognitive Decline; 1 Cognitive Impairment and Dementia; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Mild Cognitive Impairment; History and Development of Mild Cognitive Impairment; Subtypes of MCI; Epidemiology of MCI; Pathophysiology of Cognitive Decline; Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline; Current Diagnostic Criteria for MCI and AD; Preclinical Stages of Dementia
Core Clinical Criteria of "MCI Due to AD"Research Criteria of "MCI Due to AD"; Diagnosis of Dementia; Treatment of Cognitive Decline; Applications to Other Areas of Cognitive Decline; Practical Issues; Summary Points; References; 2 Alzheimer's Disease; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Clinical Symptoms; Neuropathology; Metabolic Disturbances; Therapeutics; Diagnostic Tools; Practical Issues; Summary Points; References; 3 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Dementia; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Care; Riluzole; Multidisciplinary Care; Nutrition
RespirationPalliative Care and Hospice; Symptomatic Treatments; Epidemiology; Incidence and Mortality; Risk Factors; Measuring Progression; Clinical Features That Predict Survival; Clinical Trials; Applications to Other Dementias; Practical Issues; Summary Points; References; 4 Corticobasal Degeneration and Dementia; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Clinical Features; Neuropathology; Gross Features; Histopathology; Molecular Pathology; Neuroimaging; Diagnosis; Causes; Application to Other Dementias; Practical Issues; Summary Points; References; 5 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Dementia
List of AbbreviationsIntroduction; Prion Protein in Health and Disease; Etiological Classification of Human Prion Diseases; Neuropathological Aspects; Molecular Basis of Phenotypic Variability; Clinical Symptoms; Sporadic CJD; Iatrogenic CJD; Variant CJD; Genetic CJD; Sporadic and Familial Fatal Insomnia; GSS Disease and PrP Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy; Differential Diagnosis; Currently Available and Routinely Used Laboratory Tests; Neuroimaging; Electroencephalogram; Cerebrospinal Fluid; Applications to Other Areas of Cognitive Decline; Practical Issues; Summary Points; References
6 Frontotemporal Lobar DegenerationList of Abbreviations; Introduction; Diagnostic Criteria of bvFTD; Genetics: Autosomal-Dominant Inherited Mutations and Pathogenic-Related Mechanisms; MAPT; GRN; C9ORF72; Additional Genes; Final Remarks; Applications to Other Dementias; Practical Issues; Summary Points; Acknowledgment; References; 7 Gaucher Disease and Dementia; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Neuronopathic GD; Pathological Mechanisms; Establishment of an In Vitro GD Model to Study Neurodegenerative Mechanisms; Applications to Other Dementia; GD and Parkinson's Disease
Summary Diet and Nutrition in Dementia and Cognitive Decline offers researchers and clinicians a single authoritative source which outlines the complex interrelationships between cognitive decline, dementia and the way diet can be modified to improve outcomes. In a cross-disciplinary field like dementia research and practice, clinicians and researchers need a comprehensive resource which will quickly help them identify a range of nutritional components and how they affect cognitive decline and the development of dementia. While the focus is on clinical applications, the book also features landmark
Analysis dementie
dementia
voeding
nutrition
dieet
diet
voedingsstoornissen
nutritional disorders
voedingswaarde
nutritive value
Human Nutrition and Health
Humane voeding en gezondheid
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2014)
Subject Dementia -- Treatment
Dementia -- Diet therapy
Dementia -- diet therapy
Cognition Disorders -- diet therapy
Nutrition Therapy -- methods
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Dementia -- Treatment
Form Electronic book
Author Preedy, Victor R., author
Abbatecola, Angela Marie, contributor
ISBN 9780124079397
0124079393
0124078249
9780124078246