Cognitive decline : strategies for prevention /
Cognitive Decline - Strategies for Prevention examines the problems associated with our understanding of the aging brain, whether or not such decline is inevitable and if there are practical steps which can be taken to prevent or minimise cognitive decline in late life. Our knowledge about the preve...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Greenwich Medical Media : Distributed by Oxford University Press,
1997.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=21570 |
Table of Contents:
- The clinical significance of normal cognitive decline in late life
- Normal cognitive development in adulthood
- Lifestyle risk factors for cognitive impairment
- Education and depression as risk factors for cognitive decline
- Physical activity and cognitive function in old age
- Vascular factors in cognitive decline
- Neuroendocrine factors
- Delirium and cognitive decline
- Intervening in age-related cognitive decline in late life
- Policy and research implications.