In pursuit of memory: the fight against Alzheimer's

Preface: 'A peculiar disease'

Author's note

Origins. The psychiatrist with a microscope ; Understanding an epidemic ; A medicine for memory

Research. Diagnosis ; The Alzheimer's gene ; The science behind the headlines ; The second brain ; Swedish brain power

Prevention. Stress ; Diet ; Exercise ; Brain training ; Sleep

Experimentation. Regeneration ; Young blood ; Seeds of dementia ; Looking but not seeing ; Between the devil and the deep blue sea

Discovery. To the ends of the earth ; Insights from India ; Clues from Colombia ; Alzheimer's legacy

Coda.