Vol. 1 No. 1 (2001): OLD SERIES - Brain Aging International Journal

Perspectives For a Healthy Brain Aging

Published: 2001-12-31 (October - December 2002)

Editor in chief: 
Bengt Winblad

Editors:
Luiza Spiru, Khalid Iqbal

EDITORIAL: 
[E1] A Bridge between Brain and Aging Research
Bengt Winblad
[E2] Controlling and Overcoming Brain Aging
Luiza Spiru
[E3] Importance of Brain Aging
Khalid Iqbal

REVIEW:
[R1] Use and Limitations of Olfactory Tests in Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Robert J.F. Elsner

[R2] Are Intracellular Paired Helical Filaments (PHFs) from Alzheimer’s Disease Toxic for a Neuron?
Félix Hernández, Mar Pérez, José J. Lucas, Jesús Avila

ARTICLES
[A1] Effects of Hospitalisation on Cognitive Function, Activities of Daily Living Capacity and Behaviour in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: a Longitudinal Study
Luiza Spiru, Pierre-Jean Ousset, Bruno Vellas

[A2] Interleukin-1α Gene Polymorphism Influences the Severity of Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease
M. Overmyer, M. Pirskanen, M. Hiltunen, S. Helisalmi, A.M. Koivisto, H. Soininen, I. Alafuzoff

[A3] The Biochemical Spreading of Tau and Amyloid β - Precursor Protein Pathologies in Aging and Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease
André Delacourte, Nicolas Sergeant, Danie Champain, Annick Wattez, Claude-Alain Maurage, Florence Lebert, Florence Pasquier, Jean-Philippe David

[A4] Visuo-Constructional Ability: a Solitary Brain Process or Part of a Complex System?
Magda Tsolaki, John Tarnanas, Stefanos Brilakis, Kostas Fountoulakis, Kostantina Griva, Aristides Kazis

[A5] Effect of Training on Tau Phosphorylation in Rat Brain
Yipeng Wang, Xiaomei Liao, Zefen Wang, Shijie Liu, Jianzhi Wang