Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology / volume editors, Georg Goldenberg and Bruce L. Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldenberg, Georg, editor.

Miller, Bruce L., 1949- editor.

Series:

Handbook of clinical neurology ; Volume 88.

Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series ; Volume 88

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neuropsychology.

Neuropsychiatry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (611 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Elsevier B.V., [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents a comprehensive guide to one of the most important goals of neuroscience, establishing precision structure-function relationships in the brain. Progressing from the early stages of research, specifically the advent of computerized tomography and later, magnetic resonance imaging, this invaluable resource will take clinicians on an all encompassing journey into the ways different fields of neurology can work together to advance our understanding of brain disorders.Complex topics including the neurochemistry of cognition, neuropsychology of aging and dementia, disorders of semantic memory, working memory, and the dysexecutive syndromes, amongst others, are thoroughly discussed and presented.Clinicians will find a state-of-the-art reference guide that can be used to further understand how the fields of neuropsychology and behavioral neurology can complement each other to produce advancements in the neurosciences.* Comprehensive information on the ways neuropsychology and behavioral neurology can work together to advance research * Complex topics that explore the neurochemistry of cognition, the neuropsychology of aging and dementia, and disorders of semantic memory, amongst others* Important breakthroughs in brain mapping techniques that have advanced diagnosis and patient care management within the neurosciences

Contents:

Cholinergic components of frontal lobe function and dysfunction

Neurochemistry of cognition: serotonergic and adrenergic mechanisms

Cortical neuroanatomy and cognition

Functional neuroimaging of cognition

Neuropsychology of aging and dementia

Neuropsychological testing: bedside approaches

Anterograde amnesia

Retrograde memory loss

Disorders of semantic memory

Implicit learning and memory

Working memory

Dysexecutive syndromes

Apraxia of speech

Aphasia

Cognitive processes underlying reading and writing and their neural substrates

Apraxia

Acalculia

Hemispatial neglect

Visuospatial and visuoconstructive deficits

Optic ataxia and Bálint's syndrome: neuropsychological and neurophysiological prospects

Visual agnosia

Illusory reduplications of the human body and self

Musical brain

Visual art and the brain

Laboratory testing of emotion and frontal cortex

Neuropsychological characterization of mild cognitive impairment

Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychology of frontotemporal dementia

Neuropsychology of dementia with Lewy bodies

Neuropsychology of vascular dementia.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780080559858

0080559859