ABSTRACT

Alzheimer's disease is a heavily researched area with clinical trials continuing and new therapeutic strategies and products to assess. The editors and contributors address contemporary topics in this area in a number of comprehensively referenced chapters, designed to stimulate discussion on where current treatment is heading. Contributors to this

chapter 1|22 pages

Amyloid processing in Alzheimer’s disease brain

Greg M Cole Amyloid precursor processing to -amyloid as a cause of

chapter 4|16 pages

Clinical trials in mild cognitive impairment

Yonas Endale Geda and Ronald C Petersen Background

chapter 6|26 pages

Depression in dementia

chapter 8|22 pages

Use of antipsychotic drugs in dementia

Jeremy A Sable and Dilip V Jeste