Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I: Foundations and Principles
Chapter 1: The Neuroscience of Cortical Dementias: Linking Neuroanatomy, Neurophysiology, and Neuropsychology
Daniel A. Nation, David P. Salmon, and Mark W. Bondi
Chapter 2: Integration of Imaging in Cortical Dementia Diagnosis
Chiara Cerami and Stefano F. Cappa
Chapter 3: Neuropsychological Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Cortical Dementias
Melissa L. Edwards, Valerie Hobson Balldin, and Sid E. O’Bryant
Section II: Types of Cortical Dementias and Related Presentations
Chapter 4: Alzheimer's Disease
Steven W. Anderson and Martin D. Cassell
Chapter 5: Vascular-Based Cognitive Disorders: Vascular Dementias, CADASIL, and Moyamoya
Chad A. Noggle, Lokesh Shahani, and Mark T. Barisa
Chapter 6: Dysexecutive Impairment Associated With Vascular Dementia
Melissa Lamar, Catherine C. Price, Tania Giovannetti, Rod Swenson, and David J. Libon
Chapter 7: Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Mario Riverol and Oscar L. López
Chapter 8: Neuropsychological Disturbance and Alcoholism: Korsakoff's and Beyond
Lokesh Shahani, Chad A. Noggle, and Jon C. Thompson
Chapter 9: Frontotemporal Dementias
Dong (Dan) Y. Han, Benjamin A. Pyykkonen, Anne L. Shandera-Ochsner, and Frederick A. Schmitt
Chapter 10: Semantic Dementia
Daniel Rexroth
Chapter 11: Primary Progressive Aphasia
Rhonda Friedman, Sally Long, and R. Scott Turner
Chapter 12: Prion Diseases
Brian S. Appleby
Chapter 13: Dementia Pugilistica and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Dominic A. Carone and Shane S. Bush
Chapter 14: Mild Cognitive Impairment: Many Questions, Some Answers
Kevin Duff
Chapter 15: Delirium: From Pathology to Treatment
Melanie Rylander and Chad A. Noggle
Section III: Interventions and Other Issues
Chapter 16: Pharmacology of Dementing Disorders
Robert H. Howland
Chapter 17: Nonpharmacological, Cognitive Interventions in Dementia
Lokesh Shahani and Chad A. Noggle
Chapter 18: The Role of Caregivers in the Treatment of Patients With Dementia
Geoffrey Tremont and Jennifer Duncan Davis
Chapter 19: Comorbid Manifestations and Secondary Complications of Dementia
Julie Sheffler and Chad A. Noggle
Chapter 20: Determination of Capacity: Pragmatic, Legal, and Ethical Considerations
Stacey Wood and Daniel Krauss
Index