It is important to understand the relationship between the brain, cognition and behavior when providing care to the elderly. Behavioral Neurology in the Elderly provides a comprehensive overview of this significant relationship, one of the most important topics concerning medical and behavioral gerontology today. It provides insight into how the aging brain affects memory and language, as well as motor, emotional, and executive functioning.
Beginning with a historical view of aging and healthy living, this practical and informative book describes the most important neurobehavioral issues such as information processing, motor function, language and communication. It also provides essential information on neurobehavioral disorders such as depression, sleep disorders, epilepsy, apraxia, dementia and stroke. Furthermore, it offers an ultimate guide to medical and neuropsychological geriatric assessment and evaluation. A resource for all professionals working with elderly people, Behavioral Neurology in the Elderly points out new directions in research methods for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
PART I Fundamentals The Psychology of Aging in Historical Perspective 3(20) Helio Carpintero Gerontology as a Specialty of Medicine 23(12) Robert N. Butler Neurobehavioral Epidemiology of Aging 35(32) Jose Leon-Carrion Eliana A. Quintero-Gallego Margaret J. Giannini Neuroanatomy of the Functional Aging Brain 67(18) Jose Leon-Carrion Hector Salgado Manuel Murga Sierra Javier Marquez-Rivas Maria Rosario Dominguez-Morales PART II Cognition and Behavior in Elderly People General Cognitive Changes with Aging 85(24) Linas A. Bieliauskas Memory and Executive Dysfunction in Elderly People: The Role of the Frontal Lobes 109(16) Ingrid C. Friesen Catherine A. Mateer Motor Functions and Praxis in Elderly People 125(26) Maria J. Mozaz Ines Monguio Normal and Pathological Language in Elderly People 151(32) Jose Miguel Rodriguez Santos Javier Garcia Orza Emotional Disorders in the Neurologically Deteriorating Older Adult 183(20) Ines Monguio Aging, Sleep, and Neuropsychological Functioning Outcomes 203(40) Maria Jose Ramos-Platon Antonio Beneto-Pascual PART III Neurobehavioral Assessment Neuropsychological Assessment in Elderly People 243(36) Jose Leon-Carrion Juan Manuel Barroso y Martin Minimal Cognitive Impairment 279(8) Luis Fornazzari Evaluation of Intervention Programs for Elderly People: Enhancing Validity 287(24) Salvador Chacon Moscoso Jose Antonio Perez-Gil Francisco Pablo Holgado Tello PART IV Advances in Treatment Neuropharmacology for Older Adults 311(12) Jose Leon-Carrion Maria Rosario Dominguez-Morales Manuel Murga Sierra Dementia in Primary Care 323(14) Luis M. Iriarte Amaya Castela Dolores Torrecillas Neurobehavioral Syndromes in Patients with Cerebrovascular Pathology 337(26) Maria Dolores Jimenez Eva Cuartero Jorge Moreno Treating Depression in Elderly People 363(16) Jose M. Gonzalez Infantes Jose I. Ramirez-Benitez Pilar Moya Corral Advances in the Prevention and Treatment of Age-Related Organic Memory Disorders 379(24) Jose Leon-Carrion Maria Rosario Dominguez-Morales Juan Manuel Barroso y Martin Anticonvulsant Drugs and Cognitive Functions in Elderly Patients with Epilepsy 403(8) Francesco Monaco Cristoforo Comi Multiple Sclerosis: Impact on Elderly People 411(14) Jack Burks G. Kim Bigley Haydon Hill Vitamin, Mineral, Antioxidant, and Herbal Supplements: Facts and Fictions 425(16) Victor Herbert Index 441
José León-Carrión, Ph.D., is Professor of Neuropsychology and Director of the Human Neuropsychology Laboratory at the University of Seville, Spain. He is involved with several rehabilitation programs, including the Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation (C.RE.CER) in Seville, an interdisciplinary center for neurorehabilitation. He is also Vice President of the International Brain Injury Association (IBIA) and President of the Academy for the Advancement of Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Professor León-Carrión is a member of the Euroacademy for Multidisciplinary Neurotraumatology and the European Brain Injury Society. He has served as President and Chair of the Second World Congress on Brain Injury and has participated in conferences worldwide. He is also the Executive Director of the Revista Española de Neuropsicología. Professor León-Carrión is a member of several journal editorial boards. He is recognized for international books and articles related to assessment and rehabilitation of brain injury and for textbooks in neuropsychology. Margaret J. Giannini, M.D., F.A.A.P., is the immediate past Deputy Assistant Chief Medical Director for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed Dr. Giannini as the first Director of the National Institute of Handicapped Research, now known as the National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research. Dr. Giannini was a founder and director of the Mental Retardation Institute of New York Medical College, the first and largest facility for the mentally retarded and the developmentally disabled of all ages and etiologies in the United States and the world. She established one of the first university-affiliated facilities at New York Medical College. Dr. Giannini is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatrics, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She is the recipient of many national and international awards in recognition of her professional and humanitarian services and achievements. She has chaired more than 35 international conferences on rehabilitation and developmental disabilities in many countries, including Israel, Spain, China, Russia, Argentina, India, and Egypt. She has published extensively and she lectures nationally and internationally. She is Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The American University of Rome, Italy.
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