HIV and the Brain

Within the last decade there have been a number of new and important areas of emphasis in HIV care and research, particularly in the context of brain involvement. Without question, clinical and research innovations in the modern era of the HIV pandemic warrant an update on HIV and the brain. Written by a panel of leading experts, HIV and the Brain: New Challenges in the Modern Era offers a clear picture of brain impairment associated with the virus with particular focus on three emerging areas including different genetic strains of the virus throughout the world, interactions between advanced age and HIV, and the impact of HIV on the brain in the context of chronic, long-term treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). HIV and the Brain: New Challenges in the Modern Era provides a comprehensive review of both basic science and clinical implications in these important areas of the disease. The text is of particular relevance to both research scientists and clinicians involved in HIV in the modern era.

• AIDS
• Advanced Age
• Brain
• Cognitive Disturbance
• Epidemiology
• HAART
• HIV
• HIV infection
• HIV/AIDS
• Hepatitis
• Nervous System
• Neurobehavioral Consequences
• Neuropathogenesis
• infection
• infections
• infectious diseases

From the reviews:

“This book describes the impact of the AIDS virus on the brain and its relationship to the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the mid-nineties. … intended for scientists researching AIDS and its impact on the brain, as well as for clinical care providers. … useful to those in the field of geriatrics involved with patients with AIDS and accompanying neurological deficits. Clinical care providers and clinical researchers will find the book informative … for treating patients with HIV in the modern era.” (Joseph I. Sirven, Doody’s Review Service, July, 2009)

“HIV and the Brain: New Challenges in the Modern Era is … for the broader medical community … . It provides relevant new information and highlights important factors to consider when one is dealing with individuals who have HIV/AIDS in the post-highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era. … HIV and the Brain discusses guidelines for proper assessment, including the increasing need for a comprehensive neuropsychological battery … for specific and/or subtle cognitive deficits to manifest rather than global impairment.” (Charles Golden and Christine Corsun-Ascher, PsycCRITIQUES, December, 2009)

“The primary audience is intended to be clinicians … hope that the book will also be useful to basic and clinical researchers. … significant interest to clinicians … . provides a wide range of information that is important to clinicians and researchers alike. Written by expert international authors, it represents a major contribution to HIV medicine and should be an essential part of the reference collection of all HIV care providers as well as scientists working on the neurological complications of HIV infection.” (Zelalem Temesgen, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 49, November, 2009)

“This book will definitely appeal to its target audience of clinicians and both basic and clinical researchers … .In summary, this book is excellent–it is well-organized, easy to read, and interesting. … Clinicians from a wide variety of disciplines and researchers will certainly benefit from and enjoy having this book in their personal library. While neuroradiologists will also enjoy reading this book and will definitely value its content … .” (American Journal of Neuroradiology, November, 2009)

• Department of Psychology Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, U.S.A.

  Robert H. Paul

• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, U.S.A.

  Ned Charlton Sacktor

• Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S.A.

  Victor Valcour

• Memory and Aging Center Department of Neurology, UCSF, San Francisco, U.S.A.

  Victor Valcour

• The Miriam Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, U.S.A.

  Karen Tokie Tashima

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