Full Description
Nuclear Medicine in Psychiatry showcases the combined expertise of renowned authors whose dedication to the investigation of psychiatric disease through nuclear medicine technology has achieved international recognition. Psychiatric disorders are discussed both from categorical and functional psychopathological viewpoint and the latest results in functional neuroimaging are detailed. Most chapters are written jointly by a psychiatrist and a nuclear medicine expert, and each contains a section "Clinical Aspects", to link research data with clinical routine. This state-of-the-art compendium will be valuable to anybody in the field of neuroscience, from the psychiatrist and the radiologist/nuclear medicine specialist to the interested general practitioner and cognitive psychologist.
Contents
1 Functional Imaging and Functional Psychopathology: An Introductory Chapter.- Technical Section.- 2 Instrumentation in Nuclear Medicine.- 3 Perfusion Tracers: Biological Bases and Clinical Implications.- 4 Molecular Aspects of G-protein Coupled Receptor Signalling of Relevance for Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Psychiatry.- 5 Radioligands for Central Neuroreceptors.- 6 Ligand Tracer Kinetics: Theory and Application.- 7 Functional Brain Imaging and Drug Development.- 8 Neuroreceptor Imaging Studies and the Mechanism of Action of Antipsychotic Drugs.- 9 Functional Brain Imaging and Large Animal Research.- 10 Functional Brain Imaging in the Dog: Perfusion and Serotonin-2A Receptor Imaging in Physiological and Pathophysiological Conditions.- Clinical Section Introductory Chapter.- 11 Functional Psychopathology: A Diagnostic Approach to Enhance the Return of Human Brain and Behaviour Research.- Nosological Psychopathology.- 12 Nuclear Neuroimaging in Child Psychiatry.- 13 ?-Amyloid Imaging In Vivo and Its Possible Implications for Alzheimer's Disease.- 14 Psychiatric Disorders in Parkinsonian Syndromes — Nuclear Medicine Contribution.- 15 Neuropsychiatric Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.- 16 The Late Whiplash Syndrome: Current Aspects of Functional Neuroimaging.- 17 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.- 18 Schizophrenia and Psychotic Disorder.- 19 Nuclear Brain Imaging in Mood Disorders.- 20 Neuro-SPECTand Its Application in Bipolar Affective Disorders.- 21 Radioligand Studies in Depression.- 22 Functional Neuroimaging in Social Anxiety Disorder.- 23 Functional Neuroimaging in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.- 24 Nuclear Neuroimaging and Psychosurgery in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.- 25 Nuclear Brain Imaging in Eating Disorders.- 26 FunctionalNeuroimaging in Sleep Disorders.- 27 Functional Brain Imaging in Personality Research and Personality Disorders.- 28 Functional Brain Imaging of Suicidal Behaviour.- Functional Psychopathology.- 29 Functional Brain Imaging of Impulsive Aggression.- 30 Brain Function During Hypnosis.- 31 Functional Neuroimaging in Hysteria and Catatonia.- 32 Functional Neuro-imaging in Apathy.- 33 Functional Brain Imaging in Court.- Background Informations on the Editors.
