Ch. 1. The normal aging human brain -- Ch. 2. Molecular biology of the aging nervous system -- Ch. 3. In vivo physiologic imaging of cerebral ischemia -- Ch. 4. Cerebrovascular disease in the elderly -- Ch. 5. Vascular dementia -- Ch. 6. Basic mechanisms of neurodegeneration in dementia -- Ch. 7. Dementia -- Ch. 8. Alzheimer's Disease -- Ch. 9. Parkinson's Disease -- Ch. 10. The scientific basis of Parkinsonian Syndromes -- Ch. 11. Degenerative diseases of the cerebellum -- Ch. 12. Immunocytochemistry and molecular genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- Ch. 13. Huntington Disease with emphasis on late onset and aging -- Ch. 14. Effects of malnutrition and alcholism on the aging nervous system -- Ch. 15. Brain tumors in the elderly -- Ch. 16. Neurometabolic disorders and the aging human nervous system -- Ch. 17. Immunologic diseases of the aging nervous system -- Ch. 18. Brain trauma in the elderly -- Ch. 19. Infectious diseases -- Ch. 20. Peripheral neuropathies -- Ch. 21. The aging autonomic nervous system -- Ch. 22. Pathology of skeletal muscle in aging -- Ch. 23. Drug toxicity and the aging brain -- Ch. 24. Forensic neuropathology