The Fragile Brain
The strange, hopeful science of dementia
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 24 November 2016
- ISBN 9780198726081
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages336 pages
- Size 233x169x30 mm
- Weight 574 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 9 black and white figures 0
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Short description:
In Fragile Brains Kathleen Taylor looks at the genetic and lifestyle factors currently linked to the development of dementia, focusing on important new research on how the immune system operates in the brain.
MoreLong description:
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as a stroke, Alzheimer's and dementia, are now tragically commonplace within the western world. Our brains are a strange and complex organ, and there is much to be discovered about what causes them to fail in such devastating ways.
In this book Kathleen Taylor presents the ever-developing research into the cause and cure of these life-changing conditions, focusing on insights arising from the relatively new field of neuroimmunology - the increasing recognition of the important role of the immune system in the brain. Interweaving the latest scientific ideas on neurodegenerative diseases with accounts of the devastation which illnesses affecting the brain can cause to sufferers and to anyone who cares about them, The Fragile Brain is not only an important account of current research in this field, but a very personal study. As instances of dementia rise in our ageing populations, many harbour anxieties concerning the future.This book is about knowing the enemy.
Taylor has crafted a personal, astonishingly coherent review of our current state of knowledge about the causes of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, as well as possible solutions, from lifestyle adjustments to drug developments.
Table of Contents:
Fragile Brains
Section 1: The Problem
Living well and growing old
Counting the costs
Brain disorders affect all of us
Discovering dementia
Protein problems
Too much amyloid
Transfers in?
How to clean your brain
Section 2: Risk Factors
The risk of risk factors
The inescapables - age, gender, and genes
Injury and surgery
Infection and Inflammation
Big killers
Consumerism, literally
Exercise
Traditional vices
Unhealthy environments
Use it or lose it
What are your chances?
Section 3: Mechanisms
The puzzle of amyloid
The promise of amyloid
Probing the frontiers
The end is only the beginning
Bibliography
Index
