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Springer Aging and the Brain The Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium held at the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences in Houston, October 1971 1st Editon 2012 Softbound by C. Gaitz
Prologue.- Psychological and Epidemiological Aspects.- Cognitive Changes in Aging: Competence and Incompetence.- Epidemiological Aspects of Organic Brain Disease in the Aged.- Aspects of Neuropsychological Assessment in Patients with Cerebral Disease.- Chemical and Pathological Aspects.- Neurochemistry of Aging.- Neuropathology of Organic Brain Syndromes Associated with Aging.- Ultrastructure of Senile Dementia and of Experimental Analogs.- Physiological and Diagnostic Aspects.- Cerebral Physiology of the Aged: Influence of Circulatory Disorders.- Laboratory Adjuncts to Differential Diagnosis.- Autonomic Changes in Aging.- Differential Diagnosis of the Organic Mental Disorders in Elderly Patients.- Clinical Aspects.- The Relationship Between Organic Brain Disease and Physical Status.- Multidimensional Treatment Approaches.- Psychopharmacological Aspects of Geriatric Medicine.- Some Psychodynamic Aspects of Agedness.- Review of Proceedings: Directions for Future Research.- Toward an Interdisciplinary Approach.- Epilogue.