Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Part I. Introduction

1. History and Latest Concepts of Lewy Body Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Kenji Kosaka

2. Epidemiological Study on Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Takashi Asada

Part II. Biological Aspects

3. Cholinergic Pathology in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
John-Paul Taylor, Daniel Collerton, Fiona LeBeau, Elaine Perry

4. Molecular Biology of Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Masato Hasegawa

Part III. Clinical Aspects

5. Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Ian G. McKeith

6. Cognitive Impairments of Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Etsuro Mori

7. Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
Yuta Manabe, Kenji Kosaka

8. Parkinson Symptoms in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Yoshikuni Mizuno

9. Autonomic Symptoms in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Satoshi Orimo

Part IV. Biological Markers

10. CT, MRI, SPECT, and PET in DLB
Koji Kasanuki, Eizo Iseki

11. Dopamine Transporter Imaging
Louise Colledge, Tim Whitfield, Zuzana Walker

12.
123I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine Myocardial Scintigraphy in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Masahito Yamada, Mitsuhiro Yoshita, Miharu Samuraki, Junji Komatsu, Kenichi Nakajima

13. Alpha-Synuclein in Cerebrospinal Fluid
Takahiko Tokuda, Ryotaro Ishii, Harutsugu Tatebe, Takashi Kasai, Omar M. A. El-Agnaf

14. Electroencephalography in DLB
Mieko Tanaka, Toshimitsu Musha, Yohei Kobayashi, Haruyasu Matsuzaki, Yukio Kosugi

15. Ventilatory Response to Hypercapnia in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Katsuyoshi Mizukami

Part V. Treatment

16. Pharmacotherapy in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Manabu Ikeda

17. Traditional Chinese Medicine for Treatment of Dementia
Koh Iwasaki, Shin Takayama

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroradiology