The book provides a thorough examination of the crucial connection between diet, cognitive aging, and dementia using a multidisciplinary approach. It dives into the complex area of neurology, illuminating different forms of dementia, their underlying pathophysiology, and the risk factors related to them. It explains the symptoms, diagnoses, and therapies for dementia. The book explores the effects of dietary elements like protein, micronutrients, and superfoods, demonstrating their potential to protect cognitive function. Additionally, it discusses how critical vitamins like D and B12, natural antioxidants, and trace minerals affect dementia risk and development. The book explains the use of conventional herbal medicine as a supplementary strategy to dementia therapy, evaluating its potential efficacy and safety.
The book provides evidence-based advice to professionals, physicians, researchers, nutritionists, and healthcare professionals to understand the nutritional requirements to control dementia.
Table of Content
1. Pathogenesis of Dementia.- 2. Genetic and Non-Genetic Risk Factors for Dementia.- 3. Symptoms and Diagnosis of Dementia.- 4. Biomarkers in Dementia Research.- 5. Neurocognitive Aspects of Dementia.- 6. Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Brain Health.- 7. Micronutrients for dementia prevention.- 8. Exploring functional foods in prevention of dementia.- 9. Alterations in trace elements and dementia.- 10. Carotenoids in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia.- 11. Probiotic agents for Alzheimer and dementia.- 12. Traditional Herbal Medicine for Dementia Therapy.- 13. Non-pharmacological approaches for dementia management.- 14. Dietary Recommendations for Managing Dementia.
About the author
Dr. Nasrollah Moradikor, Ph.D., is currently Research Director and Head of Brain Aging and Dementia at the International Center for Neuroscience Research in Georgia. Dr. Nasrollah has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills in promoting applied neuroscience research and establishing fruitful collaborations among scientists worldwide. In 2021, Dr. Nasrollah founded a new community platform named “Neuroscience Network” to support and develop neuroscience in the world. His ability to create a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment has been instrumental in promoting the development of aspiring neuroscientists. He has over 15 years of research and teaching experience and till now he has chaired many national and international events in the area of neuroscience. Nasrollah has been on the scientific advisory board and evaluation committees of several institutions abroad. He has published more than 100 scientific papers, and he currently serves as an editor, editorial board member and section editor of several reputed journals in the field of neuroscience. His contributions to the scientific community are evident through his publications, as well as more than 15 years of editorial expertise. He is an active professional member of IBRO, FENS, EBBS, ISN, ESN, and MDS.
Dr. Indranath Chatterjee, Ph.D., is working as an assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is also working as a Adjunct Professor at the Woxsen University, India. He also holds the position of Director (International Collaborations) of The Korea Multimedia Society (KMMS), South Korea. Before that, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Tongmyong University, South Korea for around 5 years and at JK Lakshmipat University, India for around 1 year. He also worked as Research Director at Total Soft Bank, Pvt Ltd, South Korea for a year. He received his Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience from the University of Delhi, India. His research areas include Computational Neuroscience, Schizophrenia, Neuro Imaging, and Machine learning. He has authored and edited 11 books on Computer Science and Neuroscience published by renowned international publishers. To date, he has published numerous research papers in international journals and conferences. To date, he has completed 7 sponsored R&D projects as PI from Govt and Industries. He is a recipient of various global awards in neuroscience. Throughout his career, he has presented 26 keynote/plenary talks at various international conferences and seminars worldwide. He is currently serving as a Chief Section Editor of a few renowned international journals and serving as a member of the Advisory board and Editorial board of various international journals and Open-Science organizations worldwide. He is an active professional member of the FENS, Belgium; ACM, USA; KMMS, Korea; OHBM, USA; ACNM, India; ALBA Network (Belgium); SONA, South Africa, and INCF, Sweden.
Dr. Wael Mohamed, MD, Ph.D., is a physician neuroscientist. Dr. Mohamed got his Ph D from PSU, USA and is currently working as an assistant professor in IIUM Medical School, Malaysia. Dr. Mohamed has been invited to deliver more than 150 lectures locally and abroad. He published over 120 peer-reviewed papers related to Neuroscience/Psychiatry with an h-index of 23. Moreover, he is an editor in several prestigious Journals with editing many journal special issues on brain disorders. Additionally, he is editing few books in neuroscience field with leading publishers. He received many research grants from national and international organizations namely IBRO, ISN, MJF, STDF, FRGS and INDO-ASEAN with a total research funding of half a million US$. He is the founder of Afr Abia PD Genomic Consortium (AA-PD-GC).
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