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Mind, brain, and schizophrenia / Peter Williamson.
Holman Biotech Commons RC514 .W48 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williamson, Peter, 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schizophrenia.
- Neuropsychiatry.
- Schizophrenia--diagnosis.
- Schizophrenia--etiology.
- Brain--physiopathology.
- Brain Chemistry.
- Diagnostic Imaging--methods.
- Models, Neurological.
- Nerve Degeneration.
- Medical Subjects:
- Schizophrenia--diagnosis.
- Schizophrenia--etiology.
- Brain--physiopathology.
- Brain Chemistry.
- Diagnostic Imaging--methods.
- Models, Neurological.
- Nerve Degeneration.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 278 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2006]
- Contents:
- The evolving concept of schizophrenia
- Candidate neuronal circuits
- When does schizophrenia begin?
- Clues from drugs that affect dopamine, glutamate, and other neurotransmitters
- Some clues from psychophysiology
- Neuropsychological studies
- Imaging brain structure in living patients
- Imaging brain function in living patients
- Imaging brain chemistry and the question of neuronal degeneration
- Pieces of the puzzle: likely components of the final common pathway
- Early models of the final common pathway 1: disconnection and coordination
- Early models of the final common pathway 2: basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits
- Do the models fit with what we know about schizophrenia?
- Implications for treatment
- The way forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195176375
- OCLC:
- 57251033
- Publisher Number:
- 9780195176377
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