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As the population ages, age-related neurological diseases are becoming increasingly widespread: for healthcare professionals, families, and society, finding better treatment and management approaches has become an urgent priority. In response, the subspecialty of geriatric neurology has emerged, seeking to understand and treat the full spectrum of age-related neurological diseases, including degenerative diseases (Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS); gait and balance disorders, neuropathies, stroke, sleep disturbances, and other disorders. In Geriatric Neurology, two of the field's leading researchers present the first complete and current textbook covering the entire field. Filling a major gap in the literature, they offer an evidence-based scientific review of current theory, and summarize tremendous recent strides in understanding age-related neurological changes: both normal and disease-related. Coverage includes: Anatomic, cellular, biochemical, and functional changes associated with the aging nervous system; Neurologic assessment in older adults, including mental status exams, neuropsychological and specialized assessments, neuroimaging, and lab studies; neuropsychiatric syndromes, cerebrovascular disease, and autonomic dysfunction; cognitive, movement, gait, sleep, autonomic, paroxysmal, sensory, and other disorders; pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatment; ethical and legal issues, and more. This book will be an essential resource for all physicians caring for geriatric patients, from primary care physicians to geriatricians, neurologists, residents, and medical students; and for other healthcare professionals providing extended care, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners.

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Anil Nair, MD, is the director of TheAlzCenter.org and Chief of Neurology at Quincy Medical Center. He is also the site director for clinical trials in neurology. He completed his fellowship from Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, and his neurology residency at the Cleveland Clinic and Temple University after graduation from JIPMER, Pondicherry. His interest area is early and preclinical detection, prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's dementia, and other neurocognitive disorders and dementias. Dr. Nair oversees the clinical and research facility called www.TheAlzCenter.org (The Alzheimer's Center) serving the south shore of Boston. The center aims to advance the field of geriatric neurology and reduce the costs of debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias. In addition to providing preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic services to patients with neurodegenerative and related diseases, Dr. Nair runs clinical trials in multiple indications, primarily in Alzheimer's disease. He is dedicated to providing healthcare and referral services of the highest quality and is committed to building partnerships that increase the independence and quality of life for patients with dementia. Dr. Nair is also an investigator for the stroke and memory project at the Framingham Heart Study, which aims to identify the risk factors involved in such diseases as Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Marwan Sabbagh, MD, FAAN, board-certified neurologist and geriatric neurologist, hopes to work himself out of a job. As the executive director of Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Dr. Sabbagh has dedicated his entire career to finding a cure for Alzheimer's and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Sabbagh is a leading investigator for many prominent national Alzheimer's prevention and treatment trials, including Alzheimer immunotherapy studies. He is senior editor for the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Clinical Neurology News, and has authored and co-authored more than 150 medical and scientific articles on Alzheimer's research. Dr Sabbagh has also authored, The Alzheimer's Answer--the book's forward was written by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor--and edited Palliative Care for Advanced Alzheimer's and Dementia: Guidelines and Standards for Evidence Based Care. In addition to his clinical work and private practice in Sun City, Dr. Sabbagh is associate director of the Arizona Alzheimer's Disease Core Center, a clinical instructor in the Banner/St. Joseph's Geriatric Fellowship Program, and a visiting scientist in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale. He also is an adjunct professor at Midwestern University and Arizona State University. He is also Research Professor in the Department of Neurology, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix. Dr. Sabbagh earned his undergraduate degree from the University of California Berkeley and his medical degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson. He received his residency training in neurology at Baylor College of medicine and a completed his fellowship in geriatric neurology and dementia at the UCSD School of Medicine.

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