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  • © 1972

Aging and the Brain

The Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium held at the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences in Houston, October 1971

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  1. Charles M. Gaitz

    1. Gerontology Research Section, Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology (ABBI, volume 3)

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Prologue

    1. Prologue

      • Charles M. Gaitz
      Pages 1-3

  3. Psychological and Epidemiological Aspects

    3. Aspects of Neuropsychological Assessment in Patients with Cerebral Disease

      • Arthur L. Benton, Maurice W. Van Allen
      Pages 29-39

  4. Chemical and Pathological Aspects

    1. Neurochemistry of Aging

      • Thaddeus Samorajski, J. Mark Ordy
      Pages 41-61

    3. Ultrastructure of Senile Dementia and of Experimental Analogs

      • Robert D. Terry, Henryk M. WiÅ›niewski
      Pages 89-116

  5. Physiological and Diagnostic Aspects

    2. Laboratory Adjuncts to Differential Diagnosis

      • William S. Fields
      Pages 135-143

    3. Autonomic Changes in Aging

      • Carl Eisdorfer
      Pages 145-151

  6. Clinical Aspects

    2. Multidimensional Treatment Approaches

      • Alvin I. Goldfarb
      Pages 179-191

    4. Some Psychodynamic Aspects of Agedness

      • Jack Weinberg
      Pages 209-215

    6. Toward an Interdisciplinary Approach

      • James E. Birren
      Pages 221-223

    7. Epilogue

      • Charles M. Gaitz
      Pages 225-226

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 227-231
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Gerontology Research Section, Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences, Houston, USA

    Charles M. Gaitz

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aging and the Brain

  • Book Subtitle: The Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium held at the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences in Houston, October 1971

  • Editors: Charles M. Gaitz

  • Series Title: Advances in Behavioral Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8503-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-8505-9Published: 26 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-8503-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0099-6246

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 232

  • Number of Illustrations: 94 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Health

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