Plasticity and Morphology of the Central Nervous System
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by C.L. Cazzullo, E. Sacchetti, G. Conte, G. Invernizzi, A. Vita.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Section 1: Schizophrenia: The Impact of Neuroimaging Techniques --;1. Structural and developmental abnormalities in schizophrenia assessed with MRI --;2. Brain morphology in schizophrenia by magnetic resonance imaging --;3. Brain density patterns in schizophrenia --;4. Lateral ventricular size and clinical features in schizophrenia --;5. Hippocampal metabolic function in schizophrenia --;Section 2: Affective Disorders: The Impact of Neuroimaging Techniques --;6. CT and MRI findings in affective disorders: clinical and research implications --;7. Neuromorphological correlates of mood disorders: focus on cerebral ventricular enlargement --;8. Brain imaging with positron emission tomography in affective illness --;9. The impact of starvation on brain morphology and function in eating disorders --;Section 3: The Impact of Neurophysiological Studies in Psychiatry --;10. Neurometric subtyping of depressive disorders --;11. Lateralization patterns of verbal stimuli processing in schizophrenia patients --;12. EEG patterns in schizophrenia: a familial study --;13. Some aspects of psychophysiological studies in psychiatry --;Section 4: The Impact of Genetic Studies in Psychiatry --;14. Genetic marker studies in schizophrenia --;15. Amish study of genetics of affective disorders --;16. Affective disorders segregation structures according to clinical and pharmacological features --;17. Psychiatric disorders in families of phenylketonuric patients --;Section 5: Plasticity and Vulnerability of the CNS in Psychiatric Disorders --;18. Neuronal plasticity in the central nervous system: a pharmacological approach --;19. A neurodevelopmental perspective on some epiphenomena of schizophrenia --;20. Clinical investigations of plasma homovanillic acid concentrations --;21. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency and psychoses --;22. Early separation events and noradrenergic status during major depression --;23. Vulnerability and plasticity of monoamine neurotransmitter systems in affective and personality disorders --;24. Concluding remarks: plasticity and morphology of the central nervous system in schizophrenia and affective disorders.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In the last few years ways of thinking in psychiatry have undergone considerable change thanks to advances in the fields of morphology and plasticity of the CNS, particularly with regard to schizophrenic and mood disorders.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Medical radiology.
Medicine.
Neurosciences.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
QM451
Book number
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E358
1990
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
edited by C.L. Cazzullo, E. Sacchetti, G. Conte, G. Invernizzi, A. Vita.