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The Fragile Brain

The Fragile Brain

The strange, hopeful science of dementia

9780198726081
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Neurodegenerative diseases, such as a stroke, Alzheimers and dementia, are now tragically commonplace within the western world. Our brains are a strange and complex organ, and there is much to be discovered about what causes them to fail in such devastating ways. In this book Kathleen Taylor presents the ever-developing research into the cause and cure of these life-changing conditions, focusing on insights arising from the relatively new field of neuroimmunology - the increasing recognition of the important role of the immune system in the brain. Interweaving the latest scientific ideas on neurodegenerative diseases with accounts of the devastation which illnesses affecting the brain can cause to sufferers and to anyone who cares about them, The Fragile Brain is not only an important account of current research in this field, but a very personal study. As instances of dementia rise in our ageing populations, many harbour anxieties concerning the future.This book is about knowing the enemy.
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OUP Oxford
85282
9780198726081
9780198726081

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Publication date
2016
Issue number
1
Cover
hard cover
Pages count
336
Dimensions (mm)
156 x 234
Weight (g)
574
  • Fragile Brains; Section 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; Section 2: Risk Factors; The risk of risk factors; The inescapables - age, gender, and genes; Injury and surgery; Infection and Inflammation; Big killers; Consumerism, literally; Exercise; Traditional vices; Unhealthy environments; Use it or lose it; What are your chances?; Section 3: Mechanisms; The puzzle of amyloid; The promise of amyloid; Probing the frontiers; The end is only the beginning; Bibliography; Index;
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