Dementia with Lewy Bodies: and Parkinson's Disease Dementia

by O'Brien; John

• ISBN13: 9781841843957
• ISBN10: 1841843954
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-29
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

"Dementia with Lewy bodies is now accepted as the second main cause of neurodegenerative dementia and it views with vascular dementia as the second most common form of dementia overall. There is clearly a need for a new text solely focused on this condition which will deal with the most relevant topics exploring the whole spectrum of the disorder from diagnosis to management and including what is known about neurobiological changes. Dementia with Lewy Bodies summarizes the latest state-of-the-art science and is equally accessible to clinicians such as old age psychiatrists; geriatricians and neurologists as well as allied health professionals with a particular interest in this disorder."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Acknowledgments	x
Preface	xi
Historical background	1	(8)
Thomas H Bak
Graham G Lennox
Clinical spectrum of Lewy body disease	9	(18)
Maria J Marti
Jaume Campdelacreu
Eduardo Tolosa
Classification and diagnostic criteria for dementia with Lewy bodies	27	(6)
Serge Gauthier
Ian G McKeith
Epidemiology of dementia with Lewy bodies	33	(16)
Carol Brayne
Julia Zaccai
Cherie McCracken
Neuropsychological features of dementia with Lewy bodies	49	(24)
David P Salmon
Joanne M Hamilton
Neuropsychiatric features of dementia with Lewy bodies	73	(22)
Liana G Apostolova
Jeffrey L Cummings
Neurology of dementia with Lewy bodies	95	(12)
David J Burn
Autonomic dysfunction in dementia with Lewy bodies	107	(22)
Rose Anne Kenny
Louise M Allan
Neuroimaging	129	(12)
John O'Brien
Sean Colloby
Progression of cognitive impairment and duration of illness	141	(8)
Zuzana Walker
Neuropathology and pathogenesis of dementia with Lewy bodies	149	(18)
Dennis W Dickson
Neurochemical pathology of dementia with Lewy bodies	167	(10)
Paul T Francis
Elaine K Perry
Margaret A Piggott
John E Duda
Nosological confusion regarding the boundaries of dementia with Lewy bodies	177	(6)
John Hardy
Pharmacological treatment of dementia with Lewy bodies	183	(10)
Ian G McKeith
Serge Gauthier
Nonpharmacological approaches to the care of dementia with Lewy bodies	193	(14)
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield
Dementia with Lewy bodies - a carer's view	207	(14)
Meg Wilkes
Dementia in Parkinson's disease	221	(20)
Dag Aarsland
Other atypical parkinsonian disorders and their differentiation from dementia with Lewy bodies	241	(14)
Niall Quinn
Index	255