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245 14 a| The Fragile Brainh| [electronic resource] :b| the Strange, Hopeful Science of Dementia /c| Kathleen Taylor.;

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300 a| viii, 320 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-310) and index.;

505 0 a| Fragile brains -- PART 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 -- PART 2 Risk Factors -- Interpreting risk factors -- The inescapables-- age, gender, and genes -- Injury and surgery -- Infection and inflammation -- Big killers -- Consurmerism, literally -- Exercise -- Traditional vices -- Unhealthy environments -- Use it or lose it -- What are your chances? -- PART 3 Mechanism -- The puzzle ofAmyloid -- The promise of Amyloid -- Probing the frontiers -- This end is only a beginning.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

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The Fragile Brain the Strange, Hopeful Science of Dementia / Kathleen Taylor.

Author/creator	Taylor, Kathleen E.
Format	Electronic
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Description	viii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Dementia. Alzheimer's disease. Brain--Physiology. Nervous system--Degeneration. Dementia. Alzheimer Disease. Brain. Dementia Alzheimer Disease Neurophysiology Nervous System--Degeneration.

Contents	Fragile brains -- PART 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 -- PART 2 Risk Factors -- Interpreting risk factors -- The inescapables-- age, gender, and genes -- Injury and surgery -- Infection and inflammation -- Big killers -- Consurmerism, literally -- Exercise -- Traditional vices -- Unhealthy environments -- Use it or lose it -- What are your chances? -- PART 3 Mechanism -- The puzzle ofAmyloid -- The promise of Amyloid -- Probing the frontiers -- This end is only a beginning.
Abstract	"In this sensitive and informative account of dementia science, focusing on Alzheimer's, the neuroscientist and writer Kathleen Taylor explains what we have learnt in recent years about the condition. She looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the currently dominant view of the disease-- the amyloid cascade hypothesis-- and at the identified risk factors."-- book jacket.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-310) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Language	Text in English.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2016942581
ISBN	9780198726081 (hbk)
ISBN	0198726082 (hbk)

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