Alzheimer’s Turning Point (eBook)

Jack C. de la Torre, MD, PhD Professor of Neuropsychology (Adjunct)Department of PsychologyUniversity of Texas at Austin,1 University StationAustin, TexasDr. Jack de la Torre is a leading authority in the field of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In 1993, he first advanced the concept of AD as a vascular disorder with neurodegenerative consequences in a series of basic and clinical papers that culminated in the CATCH (critically-attained threshold of cerebral hypoperfusion) vascular hypothesis of AD. The vascular hypothesis of AD has had a profound impact and influence on research studies involving epidemiology, neuroimaging, neuropathology and therapeutics that continue to clarify the pathophysiology and pathogenesis of Alzheimer dementia. Dr. de la Torre has edited or co-edited 10 volumes on the subject of vascular factors in AD and published over 200 peer reviewed papers on neurodegeneration, neuropathology and neurotransmission. He has held professorial appointments in the Departments of Neurosurgery at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, University of Ottawa, and in Pathology at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. de la Torre continues his active research on Alzheimers disease as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.   

Chapter 1How does Alzheimer’s begin and who gets it?Chapter 2Forming memoriesChapter 3Masquerading as dementiaAlzheimer’s --then and nowChapter 5Unproven hypotheses on the cause of Alzheimer’sChapter 6Other hypotheses on the cause of Alzheimer’s diseaseChapter 7Alzheimer noise Chapter 8Social contract and Alzheimer’sChapter 9Genetics of Alzheimer’s Chapter 10Powering the brainChapter 11Pharmaceuticals and Alzheimer’s Chapter 12Alzheimer vascular risk factorsChapter 13The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Advanced AgingChapter 14A Personal Account of How a Scientific HypothesisBlooms Into a Life of Its OwnChapter 15Clinical tools to detect and predict individuals at risk of Alzheimer’sChapter 16The turning point for Alzheimer’sChapter 17How poor brain blood flow promotes Alzheimer’s diseaseChapter 18Interventions that may increase cerebral blood flowChapter 19Great ExpectationsChapter 20A road to new thinkingReferences