Imaging Drug Action in the Brain

Imaging Drug Action in the Brain
Author: Edythe D. London
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1351439332

Imaging Drug Action in the Brain is an outstanding reference that provides detailed methodological information and presents a current review of information obtained using various methods to delineate the neuroanatomy of drug action. It presents material covering selective lesioning and intracranial injections in intact animals. It examines various applications of receptor binding techniques and their importance in pharmacology. In vivo metabolic mapping studies to delineate the distributions of action of psychoactive drugs in animals are reviewed in detail. Imaging Drug Action in the Brain presents recent advances in extending these types of studies to human investigations, using positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and electrophysiological imaging techniques. Applications of immunocytochemical and molecular biology techniques in studies of drug action are explained. Imaging Drug Action in the Brain is the only book that encompasses all of these techniques with up-to-date examples of their applications. It is an essential resource for researchers in the fields of neuropharmacology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and nuclear medicine.

Imaging of the Human Brain in Health and Disease

Imaging of the Human Brain in Health and Disease
Author: Philip Seeman
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2013-11-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 012418684X

Brain imaging technology remains at the forefront of advances in both our understanding of the brain and our ability to diagnose and treat brain disease and disorders. Imaging of the Human Brain in Health and Disease examines the localization of neurotransmitter receptors in the nervous system of normal, healthy humans and compares that with humans who are suffering from various neurologic diseases. Opening chapters introduce the basic science of imaging neurotransmitters, including sigma, acetylcholine, opioid, and dopamine receptors. Imaging the healthy and diseased brain includes brain imaging of anger, pain, autism, the release of dopamine, the impact of cannabinoids, and Alzheimer's disease. This book is a valuable companion to a wide range of scholars, students, and researchers in neuroscience, clinical neurology, and psychiatry, and provides a detailed introduction to the application of advanced imaging to the treatment of brain disorders and disease. - A focused introduction to imaging healthy and diseased brains - Focuses on the primary neurotransmitter release - Includes sigma, acetylcholine, opioid, and dopamine receptors - Presents the imaging of healthy and diseased brains via anger, pain, autism, and Alzheimer's disease

Imaging Drug Action in the Brain

Imaging Drug Action in the Brain
Author: Edythe D. London
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2017-11-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1351439340

Imaging Drug Action in the Brain is an outstanding reference that provides detailed methodological information and presents a current review of information obtained using various methods to delineate the neuroanatomy of drug action. It presents material covering selective lesioning and intracranial injections in intact animals. It examines various applications of receptor binding techniques and their importance in pharmacology. In vivo metabolic mapping studies to delineate the distributions of action of psychoactive drugs in animals are reviewed in detail. Imaging Drug Action in the Brain presents recent advances in extending these types of studies to human investigations, using positron emission tomography (PET) scanning and electrophysiological imaging techniques. Applications of immunocytochemical and molecular biology techniques in studies of drug action are explained. Imaging Drug Action in the Brain is the only book that encompasses all of these techniques with up-to-date examples of their applications. It is an essential resource for researchers in the fields of neuropharmacology, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and nuclear medicine.

Brain Imaging in Behavioral Neuroscience

Brain Imaging in Behavioral Neuroscience
Author: Cameron S. Carter
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2011-11-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642287115

This volume highlights the remarkable new developments in brain imaging, including those that apply magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET), that allow us to non invasively study the living human brain in health and in disease. These technological advances have allowed us to obtain new and powerful insights into the structure and function of the healthy brain as it develops across the life cycle, as well as the molecular make up of brain systems and circuits as they develop and change with age. New brain imaging technologies have also given us new insights into the causes of many common brain disorders, including ADHD, schizophrenia, depression and Alzheimer’s disease, which collectively affect a large segment of the population. These new insights have major implications for understanding and treating these brain disorders, and are providing clinicians with the first ever set of biomarkers that can be used to guide diagnosis and monitor treatment effects. The advances in brain imaging over the last 20 years, summarized in this volume, represent a major advance in modern biomedical sciences.

Sites of Drug Action in the Human Brain

Sites of Drug Action in the Human Brain
Author: Anat Biegon
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1995-02-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780849376535

Sites of Drug Action in the Human Brain uses the results of recent analyses of the regional brain distribution and binding pattern of drugs in the human brain. This new book specifically addresses drugs of abuse and treats the effects of various drugs on behavior and mood, as well as on metabolism and blood flow in the human brain. It also presents the methodological aspects of investigating the sites of drug action in the human brain. Because it focuses on the living human brain, this book differs from other books on the subject, which primarily use the results of postmortem studies. Sites of Drug Action in the Human Brain therefore provides valuable information on the clinical aspects of drug intoxification, addiction, and toxicity.

Blood-Brain Barrier in Drug Discovery

Blood-Brain Barrier in Drug Discovery
Author: Li Di
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 600
Release: 2014-12-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118788540

Focused on central nervous system (CNS) drug discovery efforts,this book educates drug researchers about the blood-brain barrier(BBB) so they can affect important improvements in one of the mostsignificant – and most challenging – areas of drugdiscovery. • Written by world experts to provide practicalsolutions to increase brain penetration or minimize CNSside-effects • Reviews state-of-the-art in silico, in vitro, and invivo tools to assess brain penetration and advanced CNS drugdelivery strategies • Covers BBB physiology, medicinal chemistry designprinciples, free drug hypothesis for the BBB, and transportmechanisms including passive diffusion, uptake/efflux transporters,and receptor-mediated processes • Highlights the advances in modelling BBBpharmacokinetics and dynamics relationships (PK/PD) andphysiologically-based pharmacokinetics (PBPK) • Discusses case studies of successful CNS and non-CNSdrugs, lessons learned and paths to the market

The Migraine Brain

The Migraine Brain
Author: David Borsook
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2012-07-26
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 019975456X

The Migraine Brain provides a general overview of the history of migraine, its pathophysiology, as well as in-depth details on the Clinical Perspectives and the different imaging techniques in use (MR, fMRI, DTI, VBM, PET, fMRI, and MEG). It also includes details on modulation of the brain using such techniques as TMS. The book concludes with a discussion of future uses of imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of migraines and other headaches.

Translational Pain Research

Translational Pain Research
Author: Lawrence Kruger
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2009-11-24
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1439812101

One of the Most Rapidly Advancing Fields in Modern Neuroscience The success of molecular biology and the new tools derived from molecular genetics have revolutionized pain research and its translation to therapeutic effectiveness. Bringing together recent advances in modern neuroscience regarding genetic studies in mice and humans and the practical

Brain Tumor Imaging

Brain Tumor Imaging
Author: Elke Hattingen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2015-09-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3642450407

This book describes the basics, the challenges and the limitations of state of the art brain tumor imaging and examines in detail its impact on diagnosis and treatment monitoring. It opens with an introduction to the clinically relevant physical principles of brain imaging. Since MR methodology plays a crucial role in brain imaging, the fundamental aspects of MR spectroscopy, MR perfusion and diffusion-weighted MR methods are described, focusing on the specific demands of brain tumor imaging. The potential and the limits of new imaging methodology are carefully addressed and compared to conventional MR imaging. In the main part of the book, the most important imaging criteria for the differential diagnosis of solid and necrotic brain tumors are delineated and illustrated in examples. A closing section is devoted to the use of MR methods for the monitoring of brain tumor therapy. The book is intended for radiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, oncologists and other scientists in the biomedical field with an interest in neuro-oncology.

Brain Imaging in Substance Abuse

Brain Imaging in Substance Abuse
Author: Marc J. Kaufman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2000-09-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1592590217

The last two decades have seen prodigious growth in the application of brain imaging methods to questions of substance abuse and addiction. Despite considerable advances in our understanding of the central effects of drugs provided by preclinical data, relatively little direct evidence was known of how substances of abuse affect the brain and other eNS processes in humans. Brain imaging techniques have allowed access to the human brain and enabled the asking of questions never before imagined. The positron emission tomography (PET) data ofVolkow and her colleagues in the late 1980s, showing the uptake and time course of cocaine's binding in the human brain, revealed for the first time the distinct sites of action of this drug. This work was extremely important because it showed clearly, through imaging a drug in the brain of a living human, that the time course of its action paralleled the behavioral state of "high. " This study marked a turning point in our understanding of drug-brain-behav ior interactions in humans. Many more investigations of drug effects on the structure and function of the human brain were soon to follow, leading to much better insights into brain systems. Brain imaging allowed for the direct assessment of structural and functional anatomy, biology, and chemistry in substance abusers.