Tabla de Contenidos: “…When one gene is enough : the enzyme missing in an inherited disease -- When one gene is too much : at risk for Huntington's Disease -- Genes to remember : the growing burden of Alzheimer's Disease -- Blaming our genes : the heritability of behavior -- Pt. 3. …”

“…Con elegancia y delicadeza, la autora nos acerca a los sentimientos de quienes padecen alzhéimer y sus familias. (FILMAFFINITY)…”

“…Deletions or multiple copy duplications of genes (Copy Number Variations) are important in the aetiology of cancer, Alzheimer, and Parkinson diseases. A second converging trend has been the emergence of many different models and algorithms for detecting non-obvious repeating patterns in strings with applications to in genomic data. …”

“…Neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, drug addiction, and schizophrenia are characterized by hippocampal alterations. …”

“…., schizophrenia, Parkinson, Alzheimer, autism, mental retardation), recovery processes (e.g., post brain stroke), and cognitive faculties (e.g., memory consolidation, intelligence, dream recall, sleep preservation). …”

“…Our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the development of multifactorial diseases such as diabetes, autism, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer has been greatly advanced. …”

“…Research on carbohydrate-based compounds for therapeutic applications is illustrated in various contributions, namely those covering the development of novel agents against Alzheimer's disease, e.g. the neuroprotective C-glucosylated flavones and the isonucleoside-based cholinesterase inhibitors. …”

“…One rapidly developing area is the use of deep neural networks for medical imaging, with applications ranging from diagnosing chest X-rays to the early detection of Alzheimer's to identifying cancer in pathology slides. …”

“…En España hay más de medio millón de personas con Alzheimer y casi dos millones de personas que los cuidan. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Fisiología, técnica e interpretación; 6 Ventilación mecánica no invasiva; 7 Identificación del síndrome metabólico; 8 Pie diabético; 9 Delirium: una urgencia real de la medicina moderna; 10 Neuropatía periférica; 11 Enfermedad de Alzheimer y consejo genético; 12 Abordaje y tratamiento de la depresión…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 5 - Dimensions and Discourses of Meaning in Life: Approaching Meaning from Qualitative PerspectivesChapter 6 - An Inquiry Into Existential Meaning: Theoretical, Clinical, and Phenomenal Perspectives; Chapter 7 - The Personal Meaning System in a Life-Span Perspective; Chapter 8 - The Development of a Culturally Sensitive Measure of Sources of Life Meaning; Part III - Applications and Interventions; Chapter 9 - Finding Meaning in Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease: African American and White Caregivers' Perspectives…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Docosahexaenoic acid and amyloid-[beta] peptide signaling in Alzheimer's disease / Lukiw, W.J. -- Administration of docosahexaenoic acid, uridine, and choline increases levels of synaptic membranes and dendritic spines in rodent brain / Wurtman, R.J., Cansev, M., Treasaden, T. -- An assessment of dietary docosahexaenoic acid requirements for brain accretion and turnover during early childhood / Hadley, K.B. ... …”

“…Además, desde hace mucho tiempo no visita a su madre, internada en un geriátrico porque sufre el mal de Alzheimer. Una serie de acontecimientos inesperados le obligan a replantearse su vida. …”

“…La anomia es el trastorno caracterizado por la dificultad para recuperar las palabras al hablar, un déficit que acompaña no sólo a muchas lesiones cerebrales sino también al proceso normal de envejecimiento y a ciertas enfermedades degenerativas como el Alzheimer. Sin embargo, esta dificultad, que hace de la recuperación léxica una operación lenta y trabajosa, no es muy diferente a la que experimentan la mayoría de las personas cuando, por ejemplo, al intentar recordar el nombre de una persona se cae en el molesto estado de "tenerlo en la punta de la lengua". …”

“…Con elegancia y delicadeza, la autora nos acerca a los sentimientos de quienes padecen alzhéimer y sus familias…”

“…Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed of intracellular aggregates of tau protein are a key neuropathological feature of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases, collectively termed tauopathies. …”

“…Chapters in Part II focus on biomarkers of other diagnoses/diseases, including sepsis, childhood renal diseases, pulmonary diseases, Alzheimer's, leishmaniasis, and heart failure. This book investigates the emerging use of biomarkers as a diagnostic tool for the identification of patients with an abnormal condition or as a tool for staging the extent of disease, as an indicator of diseases prognosis. …”

“…The neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease (PD) or Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are the most common forms of dementia and no pharmacological treatments are to date available for these diseases. …”

“…Neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, extrapyramidal disorders, Alzheimer's disease and other unrelated dementias, represent a serious human, medical and socioeconomic burden. …”

“…Dementia and its most common manifestation, Alzheimer’s disease, is a complex disorder that afflicts primarily the elderly, affecting an estimated 10 million people in OECD member countries. …”