Related Circuitry and Synaptic Connectivity in Psychiatric Disorders

Nov 3, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Related Circuitry and Synaptic Connectivity in Psychiatric Disorders

Fig. 1.1 Mesocorticolimbic system. Left axial high field MRI slice overlaid with anatomical structures of the executive-behavioral system, containing predominantly, dopamine (blue) or acetylcholine (orange) neurons. Right mesocorticolimbic system 1.2 Anatomo-Functional…

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Surgical Management for Aggressive Behavior

Nov 3, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Surgical Management for Aggressive Behavior

and Peng Li1 (1) West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China   The etiology of human aggressive behavior has not been elucidated. In clinical practice, the definition of aggressive behavior…

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Ablative Surgery for Depression

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Fig. 8.1 Coronal T2-weighted MRI image of a patient who had TRMDD treated with BACI, the scan was performed within 72 h after BACI. Note the symmetrical position of the BACI lesions…

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Stereotactic Neurosurgery for Drug Addiction

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Fig. 14.1 The schematic diagram of lesion loci. a Group A (axial and coronal views). CC corpus callosum; Cd caudate nucleus ; GRe gyrus rectus; Ic internal capsule; LV lateral ventricle;…

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Radiosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders

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Fig. 19.1 Appearance of lesions in the internal capsule within 1 month and within 24 h after gamma capsulotomy . Right side lesion, 1 month old lesion was caused by 100 Gy, while the left…

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Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Nov 3, 2016 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

, Hyun Ho Jung1 and Jin Woo Chang1 (1) Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea   Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by recurrent…

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Ablative Surgery for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders

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Fig. 10.1 Diagram of the brain through the midsagittal plane showing the locations of capsulotomy (cap), cingulotomy (c), and stria terminalis (ST) lesioning 10.3.1.1 Anterior Capsulotomy A lesion is created in…

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Neuroimaging in Psychiatry

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Fig. 3.1 Regions with hypermetabolism in anorexia nervosa patients and controls. The figures were depicted in neurological orientation. The gray-scale image was a T1 structural MRI that is representative of MNI…

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Neurosurgery for the Treatment of Refractory Schizophrenia

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, Wei Liu1, Shikun Zhan1, Qianqian Hao1, Dianyou Li1, Yixin Pan1, Yongchao Li2 and Guozhen Lin2 (1) Department of Functional Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China (2) Department of Psychiatry, Ruijin…

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