TY - BOOK AU - Wagner,Henry N. TI - Brain imaging: the chemistry of mental activity SN - 9781848003088 U1 - 616.804754 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Springer KW - Brain KW - Imaging KW - Medicine & Public Health KW - Radiology KW - Medical Biochemistry KW - History of Medicine KW - Neuroradiology KW - Nuclear Medicine KW - HEALTH & FITNESS KW - Diseases KW - Nervous System (incl. Brain) KW - bisacsh KW - MEDICAL KW - Neurology KW - Brain Diseases KW - diagnosis KW - cct KW - Diagnostic Techniques, Neurological KW - Magnetic Resonance Imaging KW - methods KW - fast KW - Hirnstoffwechsel KW - swd KW - Positronen-Emissions-Tomographie KW - Psychische Störung N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-235) and index; A Molecular Theory of Disease -- The Master Molecule -- Genes and Disease -- From Brain to Mind -- The Early Days -- A Molecular Theory of Mental Disease -- The Physics of Radioactivity -- The Tracer Principle -- Aggression vs Altruism -- Monitoring Mental Activity -- Violence and Crime -- Drug Design and Development -- Substance Abuse -- Mental Illness -- The Hormone of Love -- The Golden Rule -- Brain Dysfunction in Children -- Brain Dysfunction in Adults -- Conclusions N2 - Presented in an interesting, historical and philosophical way, this book describes the current state of play in brain imaging, showing the differences among the different imaging modalities, and reviewing the knowledge about the chemical reactions in the brain, and their relationship to thinking, feeling and acting. The book reviews all the results of PET and PET/CT imaging of the brain with all radiopharmaceuticals that bind to receptors in all recognized and classified mental diseases, as well as the studies on the localization of those sites that are activated by sensory or motor activity UR - http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=603286 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/10276669 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=340832 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=198657 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-308-8 UR - http://springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=book&isbn=978-1-84800-307-1 UR - http://www.springerlink.com/openurl.asp?genre=book&isbn=978-1-84800-308-8 ER -