Dementia and Normal Aging

List of contributors; Foreword E. S. Paykel; Preface F. A. Huppert; Acknowledgement; Part I. Introduction: 1. What is the relationship between dementia and normal aging? F. A. Huppert and C. Brayne; Part II. The Development of Contemporary Views of Dementia: 2. Dementia and aging since the 19th century G. E. Berrios; 3. The history of research into dementia and its relationship to current concepts W. A. Lishman; 4. The relationship between normal aging of the brain and dementia Sir Martin Roth; Part III. The Diagnosis of Dementia Today: 5. International criteria and differential diagnosis A. S. Henderson and N. Sartorius; 6. Mild dementia: a clinical perspective D. W. O'Connor; 7. Neurological aspects of dementia and normal aging J. R. Hodges; 8. Imaging and dementia C. E. L. Freer; Part IV. Research Methodology and Population Studies: 9. How common are cognitive impairment and dementia? An epidemiological viewpoint C. Brayne; 10. What are the risk factors for dementia? J. A. Mortimer; 11. How do risk factors for dementia relate to current theories on mechanisms of aging? T. B. L. Kirkwood; 12. A method for measuring dementia as a continuum in community surveys A. F. Jorm; Part V. Normal Ageing and Dementia During Life: 13. The meaning of dementia to those involved as carers P. A. Pollitt; 14. Personality and behaviour in dementia and normal aging T. Hope; 15. Memory function in dementia and normal aging - dimension of dichotomy? F. A. Huppert; 16. Language function in dementia and normal aging D. Kempler and E. M. Zelinski; 17. Visuospatial dysfunction in dementia and normal elderly J. V. Filoteo, D. C. Delis, P. J. Massman and N. Butters; Part VI. Neurobiology of Normal Aging and Dementia: 18. Dementia and normal aging: neuropathology M. Esiri; 19. Cholinergic component of aging and dementia E. K. Perry, J. A. Court, M. A. Piggott and R. H. Perry; 20. Molecular characterization of the neurologenitive changes which distinguish normal aging from Alzheimer's disease C. Wischik, C. Harrington and E. B. Mukaetova-Ladinska; 21. Genetic linkage in Alzheimer's disease S.-J. Richards and C. van Broeckhoven; Part VII. Health Care and Social Policy Issues: 22. Health care policy and planning for dementia: an international perspective B. Cooper; 23. Public health implications of a continuum of dementia K.-T. Khaw; Index.