Schizophrenia From neuroimaging to neuroscience

Neuroimaging techniques have made a huge contribution to our understanding of schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Until now however, texts on both schizophrenia and neuroimaging have paid little attention to the overlap between these areas. This new volume is the first dedicated to unravelling how these techniques can help us better understand this complex disorder. Each chapter focuses on a particular research method, describing the nature of the findings, the main technological problems, and future possibilities. Though including sufficient methodological detail to be of value to imaging researchers, the emphasis throughout is on providing information of value to clinicians. Written and edited by leaders in schizophrenia research, this book details what structural and functional brain imaging studies have already established about schizophrenia and what developments are likely in the foreseeable future.

1: Eve C Johnstone & David G C Owens: Early studies of brain anatomy in schizophrenia, 2: Andrew McIntosh & Stephen M Lawrie: Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (sMRI), 3: Nitin Gogtay, Alexandra Sporn & Judith L Rapoport: Structural brain MRI studies in childhood onset schizophrenia and childhood atypical psychosis, 4: Stefano Marenco, Daniel R Weinberger & Alessandro Bertolino: MR proton spectroscopy, 5: Mark E Bastin & Stephen M Lawrie: Diffusion Tensor MR Imaging (DT-MRI), 6: Paul Thompson, Judith L Rapoport, Tyrone D Cannon & Arthur W Toga: Automated analysis of structural MRI data, 7: Andreas Heinz, Berenice Romero & Daniel R Weinberger: Functional mapping with Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Positron Emission Tomography, 8: R Alexander Bantick, A J Montgomery & Paul M Grasby: Neuroreceptor mapping with PET and SPECT, 9: Garry D Honey, Phillip K McGuire & Edward T Bullmore: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), 10: Margaret A Niznikiewicz, Kevin M Spencer, Dean F Salisbury & Robert W McCarley: Event related potentials, 11: Timm Rosburg & Heinrich Sauer: Magnetoencephalography, 12: Werner K Strik & Thomas Koenig: Spatial analysis of ERP and EEG data, 13: Stephen M Lawrie, Eve C Johnstone & Daniel R Weinberger: Towards an integrated imaging of schizophrenia