Contents

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Preface: ‘A Peculiar Disease’
6. Author’s Note
7. PART I: Origins
   1. 1. The Psychiatrist with a Microscope
   2. 2. Understanding an Epidemic
   3. 3. A Medicine for Memory
8. PART II: Research
   1. 4. Diagnosis
   2. 5. The Alzheimer’s Gene
   3. 6. The Science Behind the Headlines
   4. 7. The Second Brain
   5. 8. Swedish Brain Power
9. PART III: Prevention
   1. 9.   Stress
   2. 10. Diet
   3. 11. Exercise
   4. 12. Brain Training
   5. 13. Sleep
10. PART IV: Experimentation
    1. 14. Regeneration
    2. 15. Young Blood
    3. 16. Seeds of Dementia
    4. 17. Looking but Not Seeing
    5. 18. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
11. PART V: Discovery
    1. 19. To the Ends of the Earth
    2. 20. Insights from India
    3. 21. Clues from Colombia
    4. 22. Alzheimer’s Legacy
12. Coda
13. Acknowledgements
14. Resources
15. Notes
16. Bibliography
17. About the Author
18. Newsletters