TY - JOUR
AU - SWASH, MICHAEL
AB - BOOK REVIEWS 1713 However, these criticisms aside, this book does encompass a very wide range of both basic scientific and clinical aspects of Parkinson's disease and will provide a very useful source of reference. MARTIN ROSSOR New Concepts in Alzheimer's Disease. Edited by M. Briley, A. Kato and M. Weber. Pierre Fabre Monograph Series Volume 1. 1986. Pp. 308. Basingstoke: Macmillan. Price £40.00. This little book presents the proceedings of a symposium held in Castres, France, in October 1985. The book consists of 21 chapters which address a number of problems in the understanding of Alzheimer's disease. Particular stress is laid on receptor, neurochemical and neurotransmitter studies but there are a number of more speculative chapters, for example concerning pathogenetic theories, 'future prospects' offered by PET scanning, investigations of nucleus basalis lesions in the rat, searchers for markers of the disease and even a short chapter on transplantation of 5HT neurons to the adult rat brain. There is 'yet another chapter' on molecular biology as a possible approach to inherited disorders in humans. Despite these criticisms there is useful information in this book and workers in the field of Alzheimer's disease would find this volume a worth while addition 
TI - BOOK REVIEWS
JO - Brain
DO - 10.1093/brain/110.6.1713
DA - 1987-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-gTYMIlfR90
SP - 1713
EP - 1713
VL - 110
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -