HIV and the Brain New Challenges in the Modern Era [Hardcover]

Written by leading experts, this book offers a picture of how HIV impairs the brain, focusing on emerging areas including genetic strains of the virus, interactions between advanced age and HIV, and the impact of HIV on the brain during antiretroviral therapy.

Chapter 1Neurocognitive changes in HIV: Evolution of Treatment of HIV Infection.Erna Milunka Kojic, M.D. Charles Carpenter, M.D.Chapter 2Global incidence and epidemiology of the AIDS pandemic, distribution of HIV subtypes and epidemiology of Hepatitis C infection among HIV positive individuals.Karen T. Tashima, M.D., Aadia Rana, M.D.Chapter 3New Insights into HIV Neuropathogenesis.Tory P. Johnson, M.S., Avindra Nath, M.D.Chapter 4Neuropathological findings associated with long term HAART treatment.Ian. C. Anthony, Ph.D., Jeanne E. Bell, M.D.Chapter 5Biomarkers of HIV related Central Nervous System Disease.Bruce James Brew MBBS MD FRACP, Scott L. Letendre MDChapter 6Neuroimaging Among HIV Infected Patients: Current Knowledge and Future DirectionsDavid F. Tate, Ph.D., Jared Conley, B.S., Dominik Meier, Ph.D., Bradford Navia, M.D., Ph.D., Ronald Cohen, Ph.D., Charles R.G. Guttmann, M.D.Chapter 7The assessment of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders: New challenges in the HAART eraChronic neuro-AIDS, long-term cognitive assessment, and new risk factorsLucette A. Cysique, Ph.D., Bruce J. Brew MBBS MD FRACPChapter 8The changing face of HIV-associated cognitive and neuropsychiatric disturbance.Ron Cohen, Ph.D.Chapter 9Youth with HIV/AIDS: Neurobehavioral ConsequencesSusannah Allison, Ph.D., Pamela L. Wolters, Ph.D., Pim Brouwers, Ph.D.Chapter 10Co-occurrence of HIV, Hepatitis C, and Substance Use Disorders: Effects on Brain Functioning.Raul Gonzalez, Ph.D., Phillip J. Quartana, Ph.D., Eileen M. Martin, Ph.D.Chapter 11The Functional Impact of HIV-associated Neuropsychological DeclineMatthew J. Wright, Ph.D., Ellen Woo, Ph.D., Terry R. Barclay, Ph.D.,& Charles H. Hinkin, Ph.D.Chapter 12AdjunctilS