Behavioral Neurobiology of Schizophrenia and Its Treatment / Edition 1

by Neal R. Swerdlow

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642137167
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	08/31/2010
Series:	Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences , #4
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	666
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.60(d)

Table of Contents

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.