Alzheimer's Disease: An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Literature

Abstract

In recent years, Alzlzeimer's disease lzcis becoiize well known both to the medical profession and to layinen cis an increasingly important cmse of inorbidity and mortality in the elderly. As interest in the disease has grown, so has the scient$ic literature. In the past four years, over 400 jotirnul (irticles in the English language alone have been publislzed on various aspects of Alzlzeiiner's rlisecise.Those pcirticipating in the Geriatric Medicine Fellowslzip Program at tlw Gainesville V A Mediccil Center have compiled an annotated list of 92 important references on Alzlzeimer's disease. These are class$ied into six major groups: General Review, Etiology, PatIzopRysiology, Diagnosis, Treutment, and Epidemiology. It is important f o r the practicing plzysician to be able to quickly find references to recent studies on various aspects of Alzkcimer's clisease, especicilly those related to treatinent possibilities. Family mcinbers of Alzkcimer's patients are particularly well infomned about this disease and are anxious to learn about tlze latest resecirclz advances from their physicians. I. CENEIIAL REVIEW 1. College Coininittee on Geriatrics: Organic mental impairment in the elderly. J 13 Coll Physicians Loiid 15:141-67, 1981 A romprclicnsive reiiort runsistiiig or llircc piirts: (1) siinininry or clisc~sc processes. pntlioloyy. nssessmctit. nnd tlicrupy crf the dcnic~itius: (2) iinnlysis or tlic prnvision of lienltli enre to the denicnted clclcrly in Great Uritnirr: nnil(3) grolwsnls for ccliieiition for Iicnltlr profcssioniils nnd tlic generid piil~lic to increase iinilerstiinding of incntnl iinpiiirincnt 111 tlic clclcrly. 2. Butler RN: Cliartiiig the conquest of senility. Bull NY Acnd Med 58:362-81, 1982 Cites the ~ieglcct orpsycliititryiind psycliology to ialdrcss IIIC probleiiis UIICI CIIIISCS ordcnletlti~i. nevic\vs h i c fentiires hlzlicinicr's iliseusc nnd discusses vnriniis cni~s:il tlicwrics. l~iiinlly revlcws llic c o i i~~~i i l i i r r~i t of tlic NIA to sponsor rcsciircli in tliis nren. 3. Glenner GG: Alzheimer's disease (senile dementia): a research update and critique with recommendations. J Am Geriatr SOC 3035942, 1982 Sumiiiurizcs llic latest rcscsreli findings in Alzliciiner's cliscnse and clisci~sses the ~l i l r i~~l t i~~ inlierent i n stiidyiiig this iliscnsc. Si~ggcstions iirc iniidc Cir ne\v uppronclws. itichiling enzyinc iiircl neirronnl rcccptar studies. 4. Bowen EM, Dnvison AN: The failing brain. J Chronic Dis 363-13, 1983 Describes progress nncl weas of contriivcrsy regarding i\lzlicinicr's iliswse. Cell loss. synoptogcncsis, Iiistopntliology. neiirotriuisiiiittcr metiibolisni. und bioclicniiciil chnngcs nrc ilisci~ssed. He\*icws ~ilinrinecologic IiBtcrveiition. 5. Hainill RW, Buell SJ: Dementia: clinical and basic science aspects. J Am Geriatr Soc 30:781-7, 1982 011tlitic~ ~IIC c l i~i i~~l lwturcs or SCIICSCC.IICC U I I~ dcincntin: dilli.rcntiiil diiignosis mid liistnclicniical niid ncii-roiritliolo~ic clinructcristics or Alzlieiiiicr's discese. G. Blass JP: Ileinentia. Med Clin...

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“…(1987), the effeets on the behaviour of rats with basal forebrain lesions by Miyamoto et aL (1989), with fimbria-fomix lesions by Casse/et aI. (1988), with lesions in the nucleus basalis magnocellularis by Mandel and ThaI (1988) and Mu"ayand Frbiger (1985). Effects on longtenn potentiation have been presented by lto et al (1988), on discriminative stimuli in rats by Tang and Frank/in (1988) and Forster et aI.…”

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“…(1987), Beller et aI. (1985), Mohs et aI. (1985a); for combinations of physostigmine with lecithin orally, see ThaI et aI.…”

“…(1987); Blackwood and Christie (1986}; R. Rose and Moulthrop (1986); Johns et aI. (1985) and Mohs et aL (1985b), for combination of physostigmine and lecithin with the anticholinergic glycopyrrolate via intramuscular administration see Preston et aL (1988) and Schwartzand Kohlstaedt ( 1986) Daviset aI. (1988).…”