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INDEX

academic medical centers, 15, 237–238
acetaminophen, 79–80, 182
acetylcholine, 104–105, 157–167
Alzheimer's disease and deficit of, 159–161
ways of boosting, 161–167
acetyl-1-carinitine (Alcar), 163–164
addiction, 95, 98, 101
adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), 110
aerobic exercise, 60, 61, 194–195
age-associated memory impairment (AAMI), 12
ageism, 39
age-related cognitive decline (ARCD), 12
aging process
biological clocks and, 35
learning and, 37–38
memory loss and, 12, 23–42, 47–48
memory training and, 73
mental abilities and, 40
programmed death of cells and, 34–35
recent memory and, 37
reversible memory loss and, 80–81, 191–193
senility and, 38–39
ways of thinking about, 39–40
Alcar (acetyl-1-carinitine), 163–164
alcohol use, 49, 95–98, 115
brain damage from, 97–98
early signs of alcoholism, 95
memory loss from, 95–97, 192
tolerance and withdrawal and, 98
alternative remedies, 137, 140–149
facts about, 149
Memory Program and, 45
regulating, 137
variations in quality and content of, 139
aluminum, 214
Alzheimer's disease, 1, 2, 39, 125–130, 170, 173
acetylcholine deficit and, 159–161
acetyl-1-carinitine for, 164
alcohol use and, 96
amyloid plaques in, 39, 220–221
brain inflammation in, 182
coming to terms with, 129–130
creativity and, 41–42
donepezil (Aricept) for, 159, 165–166
early diagnosis of, 126–129
genetic markers of, 128–129
imaging in diagnosis of, 27