Behavioral Neurobiology of Aging

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pardon, Marie-Christine (Editor), Bondi, Mark W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, 10
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Geriatrics.; Medical research.; Behavioral sciences.; Developmental biology.; Quality of life.; Biomedicine.; Behavioral Sciences.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Quality of Life Research.; Developmental Biology.

The increased life expectancy seen in the past century constitutes an unprecedented economic challenge to modern societies.  Public health perspectives aside, people do not want to simply live longer; they want to age successfully and remain physically and mentally active in their later years.  Majo...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: Preface
• Part 1. Epidemiologic perspective in aging
• Part 2. Cognitive and emotional perspectives in aging
• Part 3. Reproductive aging
• Part 4. Medical and psychiatric factors in aging
• Part 5. Modifiers of brain aging.