Prospects in Aging
Published on 23. November 1992
Book
Hardback
314 pages
978-0-12-200745-3 (ISBN)
Description
The fifth series of Sandoz Lectures discusses three topics--longevity and healthy aging, the aging brain, and coping with stroke disease. This book provides a multi-disciplinary consideration of each.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-200745-3 (9780122007453)
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Persons
Paul L. Herrling is currently Head of Corporate Research at Sandoz Pharmacies in Basel, Switzerland.
Editor
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
Foundation for Experimental Aging Research, Basle, Switzerland
Sandoz Pharma Ltd., Basle, Switzerland
Sandoz Research Institute, Berne, Switzerland
Felix-Platter-Spital and Kantonsspital Basle, Basle, Switzerland
Gerontology of the University of Heidelberg, Germany
Content
If you survive - are you alive? is research contributing to a longer or to a better life?, M. Ermini and C. Hesse; opening address, C.R. Pfaltz; the UN programme towards a practical strategy 1991-2001, A. Sideorenko; psychosocial aspects of longevity and healthy ageing, H. Thomas; genetic and evolutionary molecular aspects of ageing, R.G. Cutler; basic somatic aspects of ageing and longevity, G. Hofecker, et al; medical aspects of longevity and healthy ageing, J.P. Michel and J.M. Robine; epidemiology of cognitive disorder in aging, A.S. Henderson; molecular studies on the cognitive disorders of ageing - the role of BA4 amyloid protein precursor in Alzheimer's disease, C.L. Masters and K, Beyreuther; neuroanatomical aspects of cognitive dysfunction in the human brain, E.K. Perry and R.H. Perry; a memory clinic for the assessment and management of cognitive disorder, R. Levy; social competence in cognitive disorder, M. Silberfeld; cell repair after stroke, L. Hayflick; risk factors for stroke - hypertension, diabetes, lipids, transient ischemic attack, G. Crepaldi, et al; pathophysiology of stroke, K. Inamura and A. Terashi; automonic dysregulation and implications for therapy, F. Bille, et al; the importance of the social care for stroke patients and their families, J. Bond; summary, J.L.C. Dall.