Cambridge Medical Reviews: Neurobiology and Psychiatry: Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9780521434836 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 238 str.

David Dawbarn; James McCulloch; Carol Tammingha

Opis

The neurobiological basis of psychiatric disorder is an expanding field of study because of recent developments in the basic neurosciences. "Cambridge Reviews in Neurobiology and Psychiatry" aim to serve as a regular forum for evaluation and dissemination of information in this field.

Spis treści

Contributors; Preface; 1. Molecular genetics and the major psychoses M. Gill and C. Walsh; 2. Alzheimer's disease and the β-amyloid persecutor protein J. Hardy; 3. The biochemistry of tau proteins in Alzheimer's disease J. M. Gallo; 4. Cytoarchtectonic and developmental studies in schizophrenia P. Falkai and B. Bogerts; 5. Neuroendocrine developments in psychiatric research J. A. Bearn and P. W. Raven; 6. From antibody to gene in schizophrenia: a review of the technology and a progress report W. G. Honer and J. L. Kennedy; 7. Neurotrophins and neurodegenerative disease D. Dawbarn, S. J. Allen and H. MacGowan; 8. The biology of mental handicap A. J. Holland; 9. HIV infection and the brain: an examination of clinical and pathological effects I. P. Peverell and P. L. Lantos; 10. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy: applications in psychiatry M. S. Keshavan and J. W. Pettigrew; Index.