This two-volume work contains the full text of the oral and poster
presentations and the general discussion at the round table discussion
of the Second International Conference on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
Diseases: Basic and Therapeutic Strategies, held at the Kyoto Park Hotel
in Kyoto, Japan, on November 6-10, 1989. The First Conference was held
at the Aviya Sonesta Hotel in Eilat, Israel, on March 24-27, 1985. The
record of this First Conference was published by Plenum Press in 1986 as
Volume 29 in Advances in Behavioral Biology, under the title
"Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases: Strategies for Research and
Development." We are happy that the comprehensive texts of the oral and
poster presentations of the Second Conference could again be published
within the framework of this series. Since the First Conference in 1985,
rapid progress has been made in both basic and 'therapeutic aspects of
these diseases. About 700 scientists from allover the world participated
in the Second Conference, and 300 papers were presented in oral and
poster sessions. Many people and organizations have helped to organize
this multi- disciplinary international conference and hence have
contributed to the scientific quality of these two volumes. We thank the
members of the organizing committee, the organizations that provided
financial support, and the contributing scientists for their
enthusiastic participation. These two volumes follow the same publishing
philosophy as the volume derived from the First Conference. They span a
broad spectrum of topics and bridge preclinical and clinical concepts
related to these diseases.
