Neuroimaging for Clinicians: Combining Research and Practice

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New York: ITAe, 2011. — 435 p.This reader-friendly work covers the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and effective treatment of several common health conditions, with many explanatory figures, tables and boxes to enhance legibility and make the book clinically useful. This book sourced chapters from some of the world's top brain-imaging researchers and clinicians to provide a timely review of the state of the art in neuroimaging, covering radiology, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, and geriatrics.PrefaceAmnestic DisordersNeuroimaging in Dementia and Other Amnestic DisordersDegeneration of the Human Nervous System and Magnetic Resonance NeuroimagingEarly Detection of Alzheimer's Disease with Cognitive Neuroscience MethodsStaining of Amyloid Beta (Abeta) Using (Immuno) Histochemical Techniques and Abeta42 Specific PeptidesSexual DisordersMagnetic Resonance Techniques in Study of Sexual Stimuli Processing in PaedophiliaSystems & NetworksFunctional Anatomy, Physiology and Clinical Aspects of Basal GangliaCognitive Integration in the Human Primary Sensory and Motor Areas: An Overview'Ciliopathies: Primary Cilia and Signaling Pathways in Mammalian DevelopmentReview of Printed and Electronic Stereotactic Atlases of the Human BrainProcedures & NeuroscienceIntracranial Arterial Collateralization: Relevance in Neuro-Endovascular ProceduresHaemolytic-Uraemic Syndrome: Neurologic Symptoms, Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive OutcomeClinical and Genetic Aspects in Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson DiseaseNew Insights for a Better Understanding of the Pusher Behavior: From Clinical to Neuroimaging FeaturesNeurosonological Evaluation of the Acute Stroke PatientsIs There a Place for Clinical Neurophysiology Assessments in Synucleinopathies?How fMRI Technology Contributes to the Advancement of Research in Mental Imagery: A ReviewPost Traumatic Stress DisorderStress Shaping Brains: Higher Order DNA/Chromosome Mechanisms Underlying Epigenetic Programming of the Brain TranscriptomeAbnormal Brain Density in Victims of Rape with PTSD in Mainland China: A Voxel-Based Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging StudyPTSD, Neuroimaging and Psychotherapy: A Fruitful Encounter