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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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dementia |
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voeding |
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nutrition |
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dieet |
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diet |
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voedingsstoornissen |
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nutritional disorders |
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voedingswaarde |
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nutritive value |
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Human Nutrition and Health |
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Humane voeding en gezondheid |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index |
Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 12, 2014) |
Subject |
Dementia -- Treatment
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Dementia -- Diet therapy
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Dementia -- diet therapy
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Cognition Disorders -- diet therapy
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Nutrition Therapy -- methods
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Dementia -- Treatment
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Preedy, Victor R., author
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Abbatecola, Angela Marie, contributor
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ISBN |
9780124079397 |
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0124079393 |
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0124078249 |
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9780124078246 |
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