6. THE BIOLOGY OF THE DEMENTIAS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. LIST OF TABLES xvii
4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xix
5. PROLOGUE xxix
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxiii
7. 1. INTRODUCTION 1
8. 2. THE LIFE COURSE APPROACH 18
9. 3. THE WELL-CONNECTED BRAIN 45
10. 4. EVOLUTION, AGING, AND DEMENTIA 75
11. 5. THE AGING BRAIN 107
12. 6. THE BIOLOGY OF THE DEMENTIAS 134
13. 7. THE DISCONNECTED MIND 163
14. 8. EMOTIONAL AGING 207
15. 9. DEMENTIA SYNDROMES 233
16. 10. DEMENTIA RISK REDUCTION, 1: CONCEPTS, RESERVE, AND EARLY LIFE OPPORTUNITIES 274
17. 11. DEMENTIA RISK REDUCTION, 2: MIDLIFE OPPORTUNITIES TO DELAY DEMENTIA ONSET 304
18. 12. DEMENTIA RISK REDUCTION, 3: MULTIDOMAIN APPROACHES 331
19. EPILOGUE 352
20. NOTES 357
21. INDEX 389