The Alzheimer's Disease Challenge
Author | : Athanasios Alexiou |
Publisher | : Frontiers Media SA |
Total Pages | : 501 |
Release | : 2019-12-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9782889631285 |
ISBN-13 | : 2889631281 |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Alzheimer’s disease is undoubtedly the major health challenge of our Century with significant social and economic consequences. This Frontiers eBook offers a contribution of 39 innovative papers on the multidimensional and crucial problem of Alzheimer’s disease management and treatment. Several perspectives, research updates, and trials describing methods on potential diagnosis and treatment are presented including biological mechanisms, biomarkers and risk factors for an early and efficient prognosis, diagnosis and prevention. Additionally, while the rapidly increasing Alzheimer’s disease population demands holistic solutions and clinical studies with new therapeutic target approaches, several of the contributive papers present promising drugs targeting Alzheimer’s disease treatment. We give our deepest acknowledgment to all the authors for their important and innovative contributions, to the reviewers for their valuable recommendations on improving the submitting studies and all the Frontiers Editorial team for continuous support.