Early Detection and Rehabilitation Technologies for Dementia: Neuroscience and Biomedical Applications

Wu (Okayama U., Japan) brings together researchers in engineering, natural science and technology, neurophysiology, medicine, neuroscience, and other fields from Asia, the US, and Europe for 44 chapters on early detection and rehabilitation technologies for dementia. Among the topics they discuss are imaging methods and study of higher brain functions, human visual motion organization, Chinese character processing, and aspects of Alzheimer's disease; studies of face perception, language processing and word priming, memory, the kinetic visual field, and visual interpolation ability and leukoaraiosis in healthy subjects; tactile pattern delivery devices in early detection of Alzheimer's disease; and the use of donepezil, Huperzine A, and memantine with Alzheimer's patients. Other articles consider scientific aspects; EEG diagnostic measures; analysis of positron emission tomography data; imaging of the olfactory cortex in Parkinson's patients; scent and arousal in long-term driving; music therapy; speech sound analysis in early detection of cognitive impairment; the role of lipids in cognitive impairment; the relationship between knee extension strength and activities of daily living in dementia patients; a bilateral assistance and coordination rehabilitation training system; rehabilitation devices for hand movement disorders; and the use of mesh glove neurostimulation for motor recovery in chronic stroke. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)