Saving your brain : the revolutionary plan to boost brain power, improve memory, and protect yourself against aging and Alzheimer's /
By: Victoroff, Jeffrey Ivan.
Publisher: New York : Bantam Books, 2002Description: xii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 0553109448; 9780553109443; 9780553109443; 0553379801; 9780553379808.Subject(s): Brain -- Aging | Alzheimer's disease -- Prevention | Memory
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-434) and index.
What's happening to us? (Why brains change -- Adam's and Eve's brains -- What and where is memory? -- The brain's voyage of life -- What is "Alzheimer's," and are you getting it?) -- What can we do about it? (Twain's maxim and Pascal's bet -- Is stress destroying your brain? -- Is your job eating your brain? -- Can sex hormones keep you smart? -- Can non-sex hormones deep you smart? -- Dodging aluminum may save your brain -- Saving your brain's blood flow -- Food for thought : the brain-saving diet -- Good news : antioxidants save your brain -- Botanicals for the brain : the growing promise of natural neuroprotection -- Smart drugs : utopian dream or fast-approaching reality? -- More good news : anti-inflammatories help same your brain -- Saving your brain by saving your skull -- Brain fitness I : using your body to build your brain -- Brain fitness II : using your mind to build your brain) -- What the future holds for the human brain.