Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

The aging brain / Professor Thad A. Polk, University of Michigan.

Publisher, Date:

Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses : The Teaching Company, [2016]

Description:

2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 118 pages ; 19 cm).

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video

Summary:

With a mix of scientific research and practical applications, Professor Polk brings cutting-edge science to life. He takes you down to the cellular and even molecular level of the brain to show you why certain functions decline, how some aspects of brain aging are under genetic control, and what you can do to prolong your health and keep your mind sharp.

Series:

The Great courses. Better living. Health & wellness ; no. 1633

Great courses (DVD). Better living. Health & wellness ; no. 1633.

Subjects:

Brain -- Aging.

Brain -- Diseases -- Age factors.

Older people -- Mental health.

Genre:

Educational films.

Lectures.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Polk, Thad A., instructor, speaker.

Container of (work): Polk, Thad A. Aging brain, course guidebook.

Teaching Company, production company.

Other Title:

Container of (expression): Aging brain, course guidebook.

Notes:

"Course no. 1633."

Accompanied by the course guidebook of the same title.

"12 lectures / 30 minutes per lecture"--Container.

Accompanying guidebook entitled: "The aging brain, course guidebook" by "Professor Thad A. Polk, University of Michigan."

Guidebook includes bibliography.

Thad A. Polk, lecturer.

DVD video, Dolby digital, NTSC.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

Disc 1. 1. The aging mind : what changes? -- 2. Why don't we live forever? -- 3. Is aging a disease? -- 4. Aging and brain structure -- 5. Aging and brain function -- 6. Emotional aging -- Disc. 2. 7. Strategies for an aging memory -- 8. Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease -- 9. Parkinson's Disease and stroke -- 10. Aging well : staying active -- 11. Aging well : diet and stress -- 12. The science of immortality.

ISBN:

9781501947827

1501947826

* 9781629972923

9781629972893

1629972894

Publisher Number:

ID1633A-01

PD1633A

PB1633A

1633

Other Number:

953532410

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

616052

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

GREAT DVD 612.82 Aging br