Anatomy of neuropsychiatry [[electronic resource] ] : the new anatomy of the basal forebrain and its implications for neuropsychiatric illness / / Lennart Heimer ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Boston ; ; Amsterdam, : Elsevier, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.8
• Soggetto topico: Neurobehavioral disorders - Physiological aspects; Neuropsychiatry
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HeimerLennart
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Anatomy of Neuropsychiatry: The New Anatomy of the Basal Forebrain and its Implications for Neuropsychiatric Illness; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; ABOUT LENNART HEIMER; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Chapter 1: THE LIMBIC SYSTEM; A CONCEPT IN PERPETUAL SEARCH FOR A DEFINITION; 1.1 THE BIRTH OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM; 1.2 THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM; 1.3 WHY ISN'T THE CEREBELLUM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM?; 1.4 THE EVOLUTION OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM: NO END IN SIGHT; Chapter 2: THE ERODING RELEVANCE OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM ; 2.1 THE TRIUNE BRAIN CONCEPT AND THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING IT2.2 THE LIMBIC SYSTEM AND THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING IT; 2.3 NEW ANATOMICAL DISCOVERIES PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE LIMBIC SYSTEM; 2.4 CONCLUSION; Chapter 3: THE ANATOMY OF THE BASAL FOREBRAIN; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE VENTRAL STRIATOPALLIDAL SYSTEM; 3.3 PARALLEL CORTICO-SUBCORTICAL REENTRANT CIRCUITS ("BASAL GANGLIA LOOPS"); 3.4 THE EXTENDED AMYGDALA; 3.5 SEPTAL-PREOPTIC SYSTEM; 3.6 THE MAGNOCELLULAR BASAL FOREBRAIN SYSTEM (BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT); 3.7 SUMMARY; Chapter 4: THE GREATER LIMBIC LOBE ; 4.1 LIMITS, TOPOGRAPHY, AND RELATED CONCEPTS4.2 THE GREATER LIMBIC LOBE; 4.3 THE NONISOCORTICAL CHARACTER OF THE LIMBIC LOBE; 4.4 THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM OF THE LIMBIC LOBE; 4.5 OTHER SENSORY INPUT TO THE LIMBIC LOBE; 4.6 LIMBIC LOBE OUTPUT; 4.7 CONCLUDING REMARKS; Chapter 5: COOPERATION AND COMPETITION OF MACROSYSTEM OUTPUTS; 5.1 BASAL FOREBRAIN FUNCTIONAL-ANATOMICAL SYSTEMS (MACROSYSTEMS) REVISITED; 5.2 RETICULAR FORMATION AND BEHAVIORAL SYNTHESIS; 5.3 MACROSYSTEM OUTPUTS; 5.4 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MACROSYSTEMS; 5.5 THE PROBLEMS OF SUBDIVISION, BOUNDARIES, AND THE REDUCTIONIST APPROACH ; 5.6 SOME FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCLUDING COMMENTSLITERATURE CITED; INDEX; Color Plate
• Sommario/riassunto: This book presents the anatomical systems that take part in the scientific and clinical study of emotional functions and neuropsychiatric disorders. It discusses the limbic system-the cortical and subcortical structures in the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory-at length and how this is no longer a useful guide to the study of psychiatric disorders. The book provides an understanding of brain anatomy, with an emphasis on the new anatomical framework which has emerged during the last quarter century. The goal is to help the reader develop an un
• Titolo autorizzato: Anatomy of neuropsychiatry
• ISBN: 1-281-05556-5; 9786611055561; 0-08-055512-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451441203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II