Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-12-809454-9
Verlag: ACADEMIC PR INC

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 162 mm, Gewicht: 530 g

Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia details the relationship between diabetes, dementia and the future of medicine and therapeutics. Chapters range from epidemiology, clinical features, neuroimaging biomarkers, neuropathology, macrostructural and molecular mechanisms, risk assessment and prevention strategies, and the application of therapeutics. The book reflects the translational aspects of the current science in the field, with an emphasis on the display of neuroimaging and neuropathology. It contains contributions from world experts, and is ideal for clinicians and researchers in the fields of neurology, neuroscience, geriatric medicine and endocrinology.

Zielgruppe

<p>researchers and clinical practitioners in neurology, neuroscience, geriatric medicine, and endocrinology</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Srikanth, Velandai

Arvanitakis, Zoe

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Alzheimer und Demenz
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Diabetologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Endokrinologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and dementia
3. Magnitude and trajectories of Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)-associated cognitive dysfunction
4. Brain Imaging in Diabetes

5. Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood-Based Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Spectrum Disorders
6. Neuropathologic insights into diabetes

7. Diet, obesity, exercise, metabolism and brain
8. The role of insulin resistance and signalling in dementia
9. Advanced Glycation, Diabetes and Dementia

10. Neuroinflammation, Type 2 Diabetes and Dementia
11. The blood-brain barrier in diabetes mellitus
12. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for cognitive impairment and dementia related to type 2 diabetes and metabolic disturbances in aging

Über Autor(innen)

Arvanitakis, Zoe
Zoe Arvanitakis is a Professor of Neurology at the Rush Memory Clinic, Armour Academic Center in Chicago, IL USA

Srikanth, Velandai
Dr. Srikanth is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is also a Specialist Geriatrician in Neurosciences & Geriatric Medicine at Monash Health. He is the Head, Stroke and Ageing Research and Lead of the Vascular Brain Aging Division. Dr. Srikanth is an NHMRC Career Development & Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow. His research focuses on the effects and mechanisms of brain aging in cohort studies, with particular reference to the interface between metabolic disease, cerebrovascular disease and neurodegeneration.