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The Alzheimer's Challenge
David Balog
其他書名
How Our Remarkable Brains Create Memories and What We Can Do to Preserve Them
出版Independently Published, 2019-07-28
主題Science / General
ISBN108581792X9781085817929
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=LxAeywEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋As our baby boom population ages, the specter of losing memories and developing Alzheimer's disease provokes fears and gallows humor. We search for a word, lose our keys, forget a name and immediately think we have Alzheimer's. This book demystifies the way our astonishing brains make, store, and retrieve memories. The author shares his professional experiences with three noted memory researchers, one of whom won the Nobel Prize for spelling out the chemical process that creates a memory. Another researcher brought memory research into the 20th century, ending the "black box" mystery of where in the brain various types of memory take place. A third pioneered the every functions of memory and helped identify how important memory is to the human experience. In many ways, he showed that memory is what our brains do most. Another Nobelist with whom the author worked takes a look at genes, the brain, and how they may hold the key to treatments and even cures for Alzheimer's and other brain diseases such as Parkinson's disease and stroke.