Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease (Paperback)

Overview of Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome. Neuropathology of Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome. Genetics, Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome. Amyloid beta and tau Proteins in Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome. Down syndrome, dementia, and superoxide dismutase. Macrocytosis: a peripheral marker for dementia in Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome? Thyroid function, dementia and Down syndrome. Neurophysiological changes associated with dementia in Down syndrome. Neuroimaging studies of persons with Down syndrome. Concluding remarks