Behavioral Neurobiology of Schizophrenia and Its Treatment

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-642-13716-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 666 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1305 g

Reihe: Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

This book describes the state-of-the-art of treatment of schizophrenia and reflects its development in 22 chapters written by leading authorities in the field

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swerdlow, Neal R.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Neurobiologie, Verhaltensbiologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Molekulare Medizin, Zellbiologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Assessing Function and Functional Outcome in Schizophrenia.- Antipsychotics and Metabolics in the Post-CATIE Era.- Pharmacological Strategies for Enhancing Cognition in Schizophrenia.- Treatment Implications of the Schizophrenia Prodrome.- Antipsychotic Drug Development.- Antipsychotic Dosing and Drug Delivery.- Functional Brain Imaging in Schizophrenia: Selected Results and Methods.- Neurochemical Imaging in Schizophrenia.- A Selective Review of Volumetric and Morphometric Imaging in Schizophrenia.- Neurophysiological Measures of Sensory Registration, Stimulus Discrimination, and Selection in Schizophrenia Patients.- Eye Tracking Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: Characterization and Pathophysiology.- Prepulse Inhibition of the Startle Reflex: A Window on the Brain in Schizophrenia.- Neurocognition in Schizophrenia.- Animal Models of Schizophrenia.- Models of Neurodevelopmental Abnormalities in Schizophrenia.- Prefrontal Cortical Circuits in Schizophrenia.- Thalamic Pathology in Schizophrenia.- Hippocampal Pathology in Schizophrenia.- Integrative Circuit Models and Their Implications for the Pathophysiologies and Treatments of the Schizophrenias.- Experimental Approaches for Identifying Schizophrenia Risk Genes.- Epigenetics of Schizophrenia.- Molecules, Signaling, and Schizophrenia.