Developmental disorders of the frontostriatal system : neuropsychological, neuropsychiatric, and evolutionary perspectives /
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| Author / Creator: | Bradshaw, John L., 1940- |
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| Imprint: | East Sussex : Psychology Press Ltd. ; Philadelphia, Pa. : Taylor & Francis Inc., 2001. |
| Description: | xiii, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brain damage, behaviour, and cognition, 0967-9944 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4481878 |
Table of Contents:
- Series preface
- Preface
- 1.. Neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, behavioural neurology, and other preliminary issues
- Introduction
- A proliferation of disciplines
- Neuropsychiatry, neuropsychology, and behavioural neurology
- Heritability and genetics
- Disease, syndromes, symptoms, and diagnosis
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 2.. The frontal cortex and the control of behaviour
- Introduction
- Preliminary considerations
- Hierarchical organisation in preparation for action
- Action schemata
- The prefrontal cortex
- Five parallel, segregated circuits
- The dorsolateral prefrontal circuit
- The lateral orbitofrontal cortex
- The mesial and anterior cingulate circuit
- Supplementary motor area and premotor area
- Action, consciousness and attention
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 3.. The basal ganglia
- Introduction
- Preliminary considerations
- Physiology of the basal ganglia
- Direct and indirect pathways
- Functions of the basal ganglia
- Supplementary motor area and basal ganglia
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 4.. Tourette's syndrome
- Introduction
- Preliminary considerations
- Tics
- Rating scale of severity
- Age of onset and prevalence
- Comorbidity
- Familial and genetic aspects
- Pathophysiology of Tourette's syndrome
- Neuropsychological deficits
- Neurochemistry, pharmacology, and treatment
- Tourette's syndrome a syndrome of developmental delay?
- Adaptive aspects of Tourette's syndrome
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 5.. Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Introduction
- Preliminary considerations
- Onset and prevalence
- Obsessions and compulsions
- Rating scales of severity
- Obsessive compulsive personality
- A neurodevelopmental disorder
- Comorbidity
- Genetics
- Neuropsychology of obsessive compulsive disorder
- Neuropathology of obsessive compulsive disorder
- Neurochemistry of obsessive compulsive disorder
- Frontostriatal circuitry and obsessive compulsive disorder
- Treatment
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 6.. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Introduction
- Preliminary considerations
- Diagnostic considerations
- Symptomatology
- Rating scales of severity
- Prevalence
- Adult onset
- Comorbidity
- Genetics of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Neuroimaging studies
- Neuropsychology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Attentional problems
- Inhibitory, reward, and activation systems
- Neurochemistry and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivitiy disorder
- Evolutionary adaptive aspects of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 7.. Schizophrenia: A disorder of thought
- Introduction
- Preliminary considerations
- Symptomatology of schizophrenia
- Hallucinations
- Delusional beliefs
- Rating scales of severity
- Structural and functional anomalies of the brain in schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia: a disorder of interconnectivity
- Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia
- Motor deficits in schizophrenia
- Schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental disorder
- Minor physical anomalies in schizophrenia
- Childhood schizophrenia
- Late-onset schizophrenia
- Genetics of schizophrenia
- The neurochemistry of schizophrenia
- Medication
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 8.. Autism
- Introduction
- Evolving concepts in the study of autism
- Pervasive developmental disorders
- Autism: general features
- Rating scales of severity
- Prevalence of autism
- Comorbidities and causative medical conditions
- Theory of mind in autism
- Language and autism
- Repetitive behaviour in autism
- Subtypes of autism
- Neuropsychological performance profile
- Neuropathology and pathophysiology
- Autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder
- Autism as a movement disorder
- Genetics of autism
- Neurochemistry of autism
- Treatment
- Asperger's disorder
- Williams syndrome
- The savant syndrome and autism
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 9.. Depression
- Introduction
- Preliminary considerations
- Diagnostic criteria, signs, and symptoms
- Psychomotor aspects
- Rating scales of severity
- Episodicity of depression
- Genetic factors
- Comorbidity
- The neuropsychology of depression: cognitive correlates
- Neuropathology and neuroimaging
- Mood induction studies
- Brain injury and depression
- Hemispheric asymmetry and mood in normal healthy subjects
- Neurochemistry of depression
- Medication
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Suicide
- Bipolar disorder
- Creativity and psychopathology
- Stress
- Summary and conclusions
- Further reading
- 10.. An interpretation
- References
- Author index
- Subject index
