Wagner Brain Imaging

The Chemistry of Mental Activity
2009
ISBN: 978-1-84800-308-8
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 246 Seiten, eBook

This book describes what molecular imaging is, how it developed, what are its basic principles, and what it has told us and can tell us about the chemistry of the human brain.

Everyone today is conscious of the fact that there is chemistry going on in the brain, and that it is affected by widely used pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs. This book will elucidate these topics in an interesting, historical and philosophical way.

The book is a valuable reference resource for all those in nuclear medicine and radiology as well the educated general public.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wagner, Henry N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Molecular Theory of Disease.- The Master Molecule.- Genes and Disease.- From Brain to Mind.- The Early Days.- A Molecular Theory of Mental Disease.- The Physics of Radioactivity.- The Tracer Principle.- Aggression vs Altruism.- Monitoring Mental Activity.- Violence and Crime.- Drug Design and Development.- Substance Abuse.- Mental Illness.- The Hormone of Love.- The Golden Rule.- Brain Dysfunction in Children.- Brain Dysfunction in Adults.- Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

A pioneer in nuclear medicine and past president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, Professor Henry N. Wagner Jr., MD has spent nearly five decades helping to define and promote the specialty. His groundbreaking work in the applications of nuclear medicine to pulmonary and coronary artery disease and his studies of brain chemistry with radio-labelled tracers have led to significant advances in these fields. Wagner is the director of the Division of Radiation Health Sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, where he has worked since 1958. He is a professor emeritus of radiology and radiological sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a professor of environmental health sciences at the School of Hygiene and Public Health. A prolific researcher and writer, Wagner is author or co-author of more than 800 publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books and chapters. He is a member of several editorial boards and many medical and radiological societies, and an honorary member of the British Institute of Radiology (2000).