Advances in Neuroscience and Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia has been the subject of intense research interest in recent years, as investigators have explored the biological bases for the disorder and for various approaches to its diagnosis and treatment. This volume focuses on three aspects of such recent research connecting basic neuroscience...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tuma, A.H. (Editor), Stricker, E.M. (Editor), Gershon, S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Series:Journal of Neural Transmission. Supplementa
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Imaging
  • Critical review of PET, SPECT and neuroreceptor studies in schizophrenia
  • MRI and cognitive behavioral function in schizophrenia
  • Molecular insights into schizophrenia
  • Basal ganglia
  • The neostriatal mosaic: multiple levels of compartmental organization
  • The regulation of subcortical dopamine systems by the prefrontal cortex: interactions of central dopamine systems and the pathogenesis of schizophrenia
  • The depolarization block hypothesis of neuroleptic action: implications for the etiology and treatment of schizophrenia
  • Prefrontal cortex
  • NE/DA interactions in prefrontal cortex and their possible roles as neuromodulators in schizophrenia
  • The anatomy of dopamine in monkey and human prefrontal cortex
  • The catecholaminergic innervation of primate prefrontal cortex