Alzheimer' s Disease - Life Course Perspectives on Risk Reduction

di Borenstein - Mortimer • 2016 • dettagli prodotto

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Features:
Reviews the current science surrounding Alzheimer’s disease
Provides a primer of foundational knowledge on the disease's epidemiology and biostatistics
Utilizes a life-course approach, providing a novel and integrated view of the evolution of this illness from genes to brain reserve
Uses the ‘threshold model’—a theory first described by Dr. Mortimer and widely accepted today—which incorporates the idea of risk factors for the pathology and expression of the disease
Proposes that improving brain health through modifiable behaviors can delay disease onset until a later age
Examines the future of prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, a subject of great current interest