Age-associated Neurological Diseases

This volume covers selected contributions from the Conference on Age-associated Neurological Diseases held in Vienna, 1989. Fields covered include age-associated memory impairment (AAMI), Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and dementias and movement disorders of other types. Concerning dementia, some papers deal with diagnosis employing neuro-imaging methods - PET, SPECT, MRI and XCT - and others by means of electro-physiological methods. An important aspect covered is the early preclinical diagnosis of dementia using neuropsychological tests to enhance the chance of effective treatment. Finally, drugs now under clinical investigation are discussed and preliminary results for several compounds are presented. The findings in this volume should be of interest to physicians treating elderly persons with age-associated degenerative diseases. This book of proceedings on neurology, psychiatry, internal and geriatric medicine is intended for the use of researchers and specialists, physicians and psychologists.