The "Hot Topic" bibliographies consist of basic explanations and lists of publications (journal and magazine articles, books, etc.) that are carefully chosen, evaluated, and updated to reflect scientific research and opinion on a wide variety of aspects of a particular topic. The links below lead to the complete bibliographic information for each publication with additional description of its contents as needed and, potentially, a link to the complete text of the publication itself. All of the items below are also available through the Archive and can be identified through the Strategian Science Database.
How is/What is ...:
What is Alzheimer's Disease? (from the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy; look within the entry for Dementia)
What is Parkinson's Disease? (from the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy)
Reviews/Overviews:
Epidemiology: Friend or Foe? (August 21, 2004)
A Wife Learns to See With Alzheimer's Eyes: A Conversation With Joanne Koenig Coste (March 23, 2004)
Description of Parkinson's Disease as a Clinical Syndrome (2003)
Modification of Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders by Genes, Diet, and Behavior (July 2002)
Exercise: A Behavioral Intervention to Enhance Brain Health and Plasticity (June 1, 2002)
Alzheimer Disease (May 8, 2002)
Combating Alzheimer's: Treatments Have Eluded Drug Developers to Date, But the Disease's Multiple Contributing Factors Suggest Numerous Therapeutic Approaches (March 11, 2002)
A New Link Between Pesticides and Parkinson's Disease (December 2000)
A Vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease? (July 10, 1999)
Editorial: Parkinson's Disease, Depression, and Electrical Stimulation of the Brain (May 13, 1999)
Parkinson's Disease Research Moves on Briskly (February 13, 1999)
Research/Analysis:
Visual Memory Predicts Alzheimer’s Disease more than a Decade before Diagnosis (April 8, 2003)
Immunization With [Beta] Amyloid Attenuates Alzheimer-Disease-Like Pathology in the PDAPP Mouse (July 8, 1999)
Parkinson Disease in Twins: An Etiologic Study (January 27, 1999)
Projections of Alzheimer's Disease in the United States and the Public Health Impact of Delaying Disease Onset (September 1998 --  )
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