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| Neuroimaging in geriatric psychiatry | | Author(s) | Gwenn S Smith, George S Alexopoulos |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 24, no 8, August 2009 |
| Pages | pp 783-893 (whole issue) |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Nervous systems ; Nervous system diseases ; Mental disorder ; Depression ; Psychiatric treatment ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | Neuroimaging methods represent the interface between basic and clinical neuroscience. Advances in instrumentation, radiotracer chemistry, positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging methodologies provide the opportunity to test mechanistic hypotheses generated from basic neuroscience studies in normal function and disease. Over the past decade, the impact of geriatric depression on cognitive decline, disability and mortality has been increasingly recognized and has stimulated translational research in this area. The eleven papers in this issue represent unique observations regarding neural circuitry of geriatric depression and anxiety symptoms, and of cognitive impairment associated with vulnerability to cognitive decline and Alzheimer's dementia; and they pave the way for novel treatment development. The papers also illustrate the value of integrating a variety of methodologies, including genetics, cognition, structural and functional neuroimaging to understand the neurobiology of late life psychopathology. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090824219 A |
| Classmark | BKN: CR: E: ENR: LP: 3D |
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