In pursuit of memory the fight against Alzheimer's
A neuroscientist takes readers on a journey around the world and through history, from nineteenth-century Germany to present day India, to examine the science and scientists working to find a cure to Alzheimer's disease.
| Main Author: | Jebelli, Joseph (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2017.
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| Edition: | First North American edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: 'A peculiar disease'
- Author's note
- Origins. The psychiatrist with a microscope ; Understanding an epidemic ; A medicine for memory
- Research. Diagnosis ; The Alzheimer's gene ; The science behind the headlines ; The second brain ; Swedish brain power
- Prevention. Stress ; Diet ; Exercise ; Brain training ; Sleep
- Experimentation. Regeneration ; Young blood ; Seeds of dementia ; Looking but not seeing ; Between the devil and the deep blue sea
- Discovery. To the ends of the earth ; Insights from India ; Clues from Colombia ; Alzheimer's legacy
- Coda.