Aging and the Brain

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Prologue.
• Psychological and Epidemiological Aspects.
• Cognitive Changes in Aging: Competence and Incompetence.
• Epidemiological Aspects of Organic Brain Disease in the Aged.
• Aspects of Neuropsychological Assessment in Patients with Cerebral Disease.
• Chemical and Pathological Aspects.
• Neurochemistry of Aging.
• Neuropathology of Organic Brain Syndromes Associated with Aging.
• Ultrastructure of Senile Dementia and of Experimental Analogs.
• Physiological and Diagnostic Aspects.
• Cerebral Physiology of the Aged: Influence of Circulatory Disorders.
• Laboratory Adjuncts to Differential Diagnosis.
• Autonomic Changes in Aging.
• Differential Diagnosis of the Organic Mental Disorders in Elderly Patients.
• Clinical Aspects.
• The Relationship Between Organic Brain Disease and Physical Status.
• Multidimensional Treatment Approaches.
• Psychopharmacological Aspects of Geriatric Medicine.
• Some Psychodynamic Aspects of Agedness.
• Review of Proceedings: Directions for Future Research.
• Toward an Interdisciplinary Approach.
• Epilogue.