In pursuit of memory: the fight against Alzheimer's

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Preface: 'A peculiar disease' -- Author's note -- Origins. The psychiatrist with a microscope ; Understanding an epidemic ; A medicine for memory -- Research. Diagnosis ; The Alzheimer's gene ; The science behind the headlines ; The second brain ; Swedish brain power -- Prevention. Stress ; Diet ; Exercise ; Brain training ; Sleep -- Experimentation. Regeneration ; Young blood ; Seeds of dementia ; Looking but not seeing ; Between the devil and the deep blue sea -- Discovery. To the ends of the earth ; Insights from India ; Clues from Colombia ; Alzheimer's legacy -- Coda.;A neuroscientist takes readers on a journey around the world and through history, from nineteenth-century Germany to present day India, to examine the science and scientists working to find a cure to Alzheimer's disease. Preface: 'A peculiar disease' -- Author's note -- Origins. The psychiatrist with a microscope Understanding an epidemic A medicine for memory -- Research. Diagnosis The Alzheimer's gene The science behind the headlines The second brain Swedish brain power -- Prevention. Stress Diet Exercise Brain training Sleep -- Experimentation. Regeneration Young blood Seeds of dementia Looking but not seeing Between the devil and the deep blue sea -- Discovery. To the ends of the earth Insights from India Clues from Colombia Alzheimer's legacy -- Coda.