Neuroimaging Studies of Psychopathy
First author Year Title Type of imaging Type of analysis PCL-R cutoff for P Mean PCL-R for Ps P sample size Birbaumer (2005) Deficient fear conditioning in psychopathy: a functional…
Neurobiology of Aggression: Neuroimaging Findings
Rudi A.J.O. Dierckx, Andreas Otte, Erik F. J. de Vries, Aren van Waarde and Johan A. den Boer (eds.)PET and SPECT in Psychiatry201410.1007/978-3-642-40384-2_29 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 29. Neurobiology of Aggression: Neuroimaging Findings Michael Soyka1, 2 (1) Department of…
Obesity an Addiction? Imaging of Neurotransmitter Systems in Obesity
First author Year Imaging method Subjects Primary outcome measures Dopaminergic system Wang et al. (2001) [11C]raclopride PET + [18F]FDG PET 10 morbidly OB, 10 NW/OW DRD2/3 availability Volkow et al.a (2008) [11C]raclopride…
SPECT and PET in Eating Disorders
Study groups Study moment Tracer Findings After therapy Reference AN, control Pre-/post-therapy 133Xe No difference No difference Krieg et al. (1989) AN Pre-/post-therapy 99mTc-HMPAO ↓ fro, par, frotem (bilateral) Normalization…
PET and SPECT Findings in Patients with Hallucinations
Author Subjects Modality Activation pattern associated with hallucinations Schizophrenia Volkow et al. (1987) 18 patients with AVH [11C]DG-PET Hallucinations ↑, temporal lobe R ↑ Liddle et al. (1992) 30 patients…
Neuroimaging of Delirium
Rudi A.J.O. Dierckx, Andreas Otte, Erik F. J. de Vries, Aren van Waarde and Johan A. den Boer (eds.)PET and SPECT in Psychiatry201410.1007/978-3-642-40384-2_19 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 19. Neuroimaging of Delirium Arjen J. C. Slooter1 and Jan-Cees de Groot2 (1) Department of Intensive…
Neuroimaging in PTSD-Related Psychotherapies
Fig. 15.1 Three-dimensional rendering of voxels reflecting higher tracer distribution in patients before EMDR (n = 15) as compared to controls (n = 27). The statistically significant differences are highlighted. The first row represents…
SPECT and PET in Late-Life Depression
Study groups and subject numbers Age (y) Tracer Findings (depression-related) Reference Major depressive disorder (41) 60 ± 12 133Xe rCBF reduced in several cortical regions (frontal, central, superior temporal, anterior parietal). Extent…
Imaging of the Antidepressant Drug Response Using SPECT and PET
Fig. 12.1 The production pathways of the monoamines dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin in the brain. The precursors tyrosine, phenylalanine and tryptophan enter the brain through the blood–brain barrier (BBB) after…
PET and SPECT in Psychiatric Complications of Parkinson’s Disease
Fig. 10.1 Differences in brain FDOPA uptake between Parkinson’s disease patients with impulse control disorders compared to Parkinson’s disease patients without behavioral or mood disorders. Statistical pseudo-T map of the…
