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Memory in Neurodegenerative Disease: Biological, Cognitive, and Clinical Perspectives
edited by Alexander I. Tröster, 413 pp, $95, ISBN 0-521-57192-8, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Arch Neurol. 2000;57:279.
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Memory in Neurodegenerative Disease: Biological, Cognitive, and Clinical Perspectives was written by an impressive group of international scholars well known for their contributions in neuroscience. It covers the construct of memory in sufficient depth to satisfy ardent cognitive neuroscientists, yet remains germane to practicing clinical neurologists, neuropsychologists, and psychiatrists. Its tripartite focus on biological, cognitive, and clinical aspects of memory provides a comprehensive examination of the complex array of conceptual, diagnostic, and treatment issues associated with memory loss in persons with degenerative disease.
The first section on biological perspectives provides a mixture of traditional chapters on the neurochemical and biological basis of memory impairment along with more nouveaux subject matter on functional and structural imaging correlates. Younger professional clinicians will delight in the book's account of historical events and review of animal models (primate and nonprimate) and their applicability to human models of memory function. The second section on cognitive . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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