Main description:

The book deeply focuses on the epidemiology, diagnostics, therapy and molecular basis of canine and feline dementia or cognitive dysfunction syndrome. The aim is to provide a broad overview of the current knowledge on canine and feline dementia. Experiences of clinicians are appropriately linked with current scientific knowledge in a readily comprehensible form. In the first three chapters we describe the clinical pictures of canine and feline dementia, discuss the medical causes of the disease and its phenotypic variability. In the 4th chapter we introduce the dog as an appropriate animal model for human Alzheimer's disease progression. Then we shed light on the neuropathological hallmarks of canine and feline dementia. For the first time we touch upon the modern diagnostic approaches based on the neuroproteomic technological progress. Last but not least, we address the current pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches for therapy and risk and protective factors of feline and canine dementia. The book addresses clinicians, researchers, university teachers and graduate students in veterinary neurology and medicine.

Contents:

Preface Gary Landsberg and Norbert ZilkaCanine Dementia - Unbearable Lightness Of Ageing
Chapter 1 Gary Landsberg and Rachel Malamed Clinical Picture Of Feline And Canine Cognitive Impairment
Chapter 2 Sagi Denenberg, Tom Harcourt-Brown Behavioral And Medical Differentials Of Cognitive Decline And Dementia In Dogs And Cats
Chapter 3Aladar Madari, Petr Novak, Norbert Zilka Phenotypic Variability And Clinical Stageing Of Canine Dementia
Chapter 4Joseph Araujo, Jessica Baulk, Christina De RiveraThe Aged Dog As A Natural Model Of Alzheimer's Disease Progression
Chapter 5Jeff Nichol and Elizabeth Head Brain Aging In The Dog
Chapter 6Elizabeth Head, Danielle Gunn-Moore Neuropathology Of Feline Dementia
Chapter 7Branislav Kovacech, Monika Zilkova, Jozef Hanes, Rostislav SkrabanaProteomic Approaches For Diagnostics Of Canine And Feline Dementia
Chapter 8Gary Landsberg and Sagi Denenberg Current Pharmacological And Non-Pharmacological Approaches For Therapy Of Feline And Canine Dementia
Chapter 9Aladar Madari, Jana Farbakova, Norbert ZilkaPreventive And Risk Factors Of Canine Dementia