The Dementias presents the latest techniques and technologies for dementia identification and evaluation, including neuropathological strategies, neuropsychological tests, biomarkers, CT, MRI, functional MRI, PET, and SPECT.

Features:

• Responds to the explosion of advances in the field and discusses the latest methods for the diagnosis and evaluation of dementing disorders
• Spans molecular and neuropathological methods, advances in neuropsychology, and recent imaging applications
• Considers the role of genetics in the development of dementia
• Analyzes biomarkers in blood and cerebrospinal fluid

Contents

1. The Clinical Issues
2. Neuropsychological Screening and Advanced Neuropsychological Tests
3. Biomarkers in Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid
4. Genetics: Facts and Perspectives
5. Approaches to the Identification of Novel Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targets in Dementia
6. Quantitative and Functional MRI Techniques
7. Perfusion SPECT
8. FDG PET: Imaging Cerebral Glucose Metabolism with Positron Emission Tomography
9. Imaging of Neurotransmitter Systems in Dementia
10. Development and Application of beta-Amyloid Imaging Agents in Alzheimer's Disease
11. A View on Early Diagnosis of Dementias from Neuropathology
12. Guideline and Perspective

Index

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