Geriatric Neurology

Steven T. DeKosky is Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience and Deputy Director of the McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, where he holds the Aerts-Cosper Professorship in Alzheimer Research. Before moving to the University of Florida, he was vice president and dean of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and the James Carroll Flippin Professor of Medical Sciences. He was Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology and Director of the Pitt/UPMC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, and served as a member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Sanjay Asthana is Associate Dean for Gerontology and Professor and Head of the Division of Geriatrics & Gerontology at the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. He holds the Duncan G. and Lottie H. Ballantine endowed chair in geriatrics and serves as Director of both the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. Prior to coming to UW, he served as a faculty at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington.

• Section I. Foundations and Principles of Geriatric Neurology1. Geriatric pharmacotherapy: Appraising new drugs for neurological disorders in older patients2. Animal models of cognitive aging and circuit-specific vulnerability3. Psychopharmacology and pharmacokinetics4. Models of care5. Neurologic examination in the elderly6. Cognitive and neuropsychological evaluation of the elderly7. Chronic neurological disorders and related comorbidities: Role of age-associated physiological changes8. Autonomic dysfunction: diagnosis and management9. Epidemiology of aging and associated neurological disorders: Prevalence and incidence of Alzheimer disease and other dementias10. Neuropsychology of aging11. Cognitive reserve12. Neuroimaging in aging and neurological diseasesSection II. Neurological Disorders of Late-Life13. Alzheimer disease14. Parkinson disease – diagnosis and appreciation of comorbidities15. Frontotemporal dementia16. Recognizing and treating atypical Parkinson disorders17. Down syndrome18. The long-term consequences of repetitive head impacts: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy19. Delirium in the critically ill patient20. Vascular cognitive impairment: a preventable component of dementia21. Stroke in the elderly22. Gait and dementia23. Assessment and treatment of major depression in older adults24. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia25. Epilepsy and aging26. Sleep physiology and disorders in aging and dementiaSection III. General Topics in Geriatric Neurology27. Urological function and dysfunction in aging: Diagnosis and treatment28. Geriatric rehabilitation29. Palliative medicine and end-of-life care30. Headache in the elderly31. Driving in the elderly in health and disease32. The evolution of geriatric neurology