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Neurodevelopment, Aging and Cognition

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Editors:

  1. Ivica Kostović

    1. Dept. of Anatomy, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

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  2. Stevo Knežević

    1. Dept. of Neurology, University of Zagreb University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia

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  3. Henryk M. Wisniewski

    1. NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, USA

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  4. George J. Spilich

    1. Dept. of Psychology, Washington College, Chestertown, USA

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Neurodevelopment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Developmental Reorganization of the Human Association Cortex during Perinatal and Postnatal Life

      • Ivica Kostović, Zdravko Petanjek, Ivana Delalle, Miloš Judaš
      Pages 3-17

    4. Ontogenetic Development and Decline of Memory Functions in Nonhuman Primates

      • Jocelyne Bachevalier, Mortimer Mishkin
      Pages 37-59

    5. Anoxia and Memory Processes

      • K. Krnjević, Y. Z. Xu
      Pages 60-74

    6. Brain before Cognition: EEG Maturation in Preterm Infants

      • Giovanni Cioni, Enrico Biagioni, Carlo Cipolloni
      Pages 75-98

    7. Mechanisms of Asymmetrical Development of the Human CNS

      • Richard S. Nowakowski
      Pages 99-111

  3. Neuroscience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Development and Aging in Down’s Syndrome

      • K. E. Wisniewski, M. Dambska
      Pages 141-156

    3. Alzheimer’s Disease and the Cerebral Amyloidoses

      • Thomas M. Wisniewski, Henryk M. Wisniewski
      Pages 157-172

    5. Neurodegenerative Changes in Aging and Dementia: A Comparison of Alzheimer and Lewy Body Type Pathology

      • Elaine K. Perry, Elizabeth Marshall, Anthony Cheng, James A. Edwardson, Robert H. Perry
      Pages 199-214

    6. Cortical Morphological Changes in Dementia

      • Heiko Braak, Eva Braak
      Pages 215-226

    7. Neuroendocrine Changes in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

      • D. F. Swaab, E. Goudsmit, H. P. H. Kremer, R. Ravid, W. Witting
      Pages 227-237
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About this book

It was Oscar Wilde who defined the tragedy of old age by saying that " . . . as soon as you are old enough to know better, you don't know anything at all. " As improvements in the quality of health care bring about longer life, our attention has turned from the prolonging of life to the maintenance of involvement in life. In developed nations, a full 100% increase in the ranks of the elderly has appeared and with the benefits of this prolongation have come new and greater needs of the elderly cohort. Our interest is in those processes that may lead to dementia among the elderly, for in dementia we see a thief that robs victims of their memories and their place in life. This text was conceived and developed from an international con­ ference on neurodevelopment, aging, and cognition; the purpose of this few days a group of experts in these conference was to bring together for a fields from around the world to generate a dialog on common themes and unresolved problems. Our hope was that by keeping the meeting small and informal, we could break through barriers of terminology unique to the areas of developmental neurobiology, neuroscience, cognitive sci­ ence, and clinical medicine, and have a meaningful discussion on pro­ cesses that affect the biological integrity and cognitive performance of the aging nervous system.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Anatomy, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ivica Kostović

  • Dept. of Neurology, University of Zagreb University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia

    Stevo Knežević

  • NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, USA

    Henryk M. Wisniewski

  • Dept. of Psychology, Washington College, Chestertown, USA

    George J. Spilich

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neurodevelopment, Aging and Cognition

  • Editors: Ivica Kostović, Stevo Knežević, Henryk M. Wisniewski, George J. Spilich

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6805-2

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Boston 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-6807-6Published: 19 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-6805-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 396

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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