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Author:   Howard J. Aizenstein ,  Charles F. Reynolds III ,  Myra Fernandes
Publisher:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Springer Publishing Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9780826110992

ISBN 10:   0826110991
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   28 February 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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I INTRODUCTION 1.The Expanding Role of Neuroimaging Research in Geriatric Psychiatry II. IMAGING MODALITIES 2. Computed Tomography (CT) 3.Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 4. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) 5. Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) 6. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) 7. Functional MRI III IMAGE PROCESSING 8. Volumetric analyses of structural imaging data: VBM and ROI-based approaches 9. Atrophy Correction for functional imaging analyses 10. Common Pitfalls in fMRI analyses 11. Software Packages IV AGING 12. Structural brain changes associated with normal aging 13. The HAROLD model of neurocognitive aging 14. New insights into the functional neuroanatomy of aging V AFFECTIVE DISORDERS 15. Vascular Depression Hypothesis 16. Hippocampal Changes with Depression 17. White matter abnormalities in geriatric depression 18. Late-life bipolar disorder VI COGNITIVE DISORDERS 19. Alzheimer's Disease 20. Vascular Dementia 21. Frontotemporal Dementia 22. Mild Cognitive Impairment 23. Functional Imaging changes with dementia 24. Early detection and monitoring of AD with MRI: the ADNI project VII PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS 25. Late-Life Schizophrenia 26. Psychosis of Dementia VIII NEW IMAGING MODALITIES 27. Diffusion Tensor imaging (DTI) 28. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 29. Magnetization Transfer Ratio (MTR) 30. Amyloid imaging

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Dr. Aizentstein is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh Medical School and Director of its Geriatric Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory. He received a joint M.D./Ph.D. in medicine and computer science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1995. Dr. Aizenstein is specialty certified in psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a licensed M.D. in the State of Pennsylvania. His main area of research, which has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute on Aging, is depression later life. In 2004, he was awarded a """"Young Investigators"""" grant by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression for his work on the physiological basis of cognitive impairment in the depressed elderly.

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