Anatomy of Neuropsychiatry (eBook)

The New Anatomy of the Basal Forebrain and Its Implications for Neuropsychiatric Illness

Lennart Heimer, Gary W. Van Hoesen, Michael Trimble, Daniel S. Zahm (Autoren)

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2007 | 1. Auflage
200 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-055512-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book presents the anatomical systems that take part in the scientific and clinical study of emotional functions and neuropsychiatric disorders. It discusses the limbic system-the cortical and subcortical structures in the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory-at length and how this is no longer a useful guide to the study of psychiatric disorders. The book provides an understanding of brain anatomy, with an emphasis on the new anatomical framework which has emerged during the last quarter century. The goal is to help the reader develop an understanding of the gross anatomical organization of the human forebrain.

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* A re-evaluation of brain anatomy, with an emphasis on the new anatomical framework which has emerged during the last quarter century
* A compellingly expanded conceptualization of Broca's famous limbic lobe
* Clinical and basic science boxes highlighting specific concepts, structures, or neuronal circuits from a clinical perspective

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Anatomy of Neuropsychiatry presents the anatomical systems that take part in the scientific and clinical study of emotional functions and neuropsychiatric disorders. It discusses the limbic system-the cortical and subcortical structures in the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory-at length and how this is no longer a useful guide to the study of psychiatric disorders. The book provides an understanding of brain anatomy, with an emphasis on the new anatomical framework which has emerged during the last quarter century. The goal is to help the reader develop an understanding of the gross anatomical organization of the human forebrain. - A re-evaluation of brain anatomy, with an emphasis on the new anatomical framework which has emerged during the last quarter century- A compellingly expanded conceptualization of Broca's famous limbic lobe- Clinical and basic science boxes highlighting specific concepts, structures, or neuronal circuits from a clinical perspective

Inhalt

Front cover 1
Anatomy of Neuropsychiatry: The New Anatomy of the Basal Forebrain and its Implications for Neuropsychiatric Illness 4
Copyright page 5
Table of contents 8
PREFACE 12
ABOUT LENNART HEIMER 18
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 20
Chapter 1: THE LIMBIC SYSTEM A CONCEPT IN PERPETUAL SEARCH FOR A DEFINITION
1.1 THE BIRTH OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM 22
1.2 THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM 27
1.3 WHY ISN’T THE CEREBELLUM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM? 30
1.4 THE EVOLUTION OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM: NO END IN SIGHT 31
Chapter 2: THE ERODING RELEVANCE OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM 36
2.1 THE TRIUNE BRAIN CONCEPT AND THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING IT 36
2.2 THE LIMBIC SYSTEM AND THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING IT 40
2.3 NEW ANATOMICAL DISCOVERIES PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE LIMBIC SYSTEM 44
2.4 CONCLUSION 47
Chapter 3: THE ANATOMY OF THE BASAL FOREBRAIN 48
3.1 INTRODUCTION 48
3.2 THE VENTRAL STRIATOPALLIDAL SYSTEM 58
3.3 PARALLEL CORTICO-SUBCORTICAL REENTRANT CIRCUITS (“BASAL GANGLIA LOOPS”) 68
3.4 THE EXTENDED AMYGDALA 77
3.5 SEPTAL-PREOPTIC SYSTEM 83
3.6 THE MAGNOCELLULAR BASAL FOREBRAIN SYSTEM (BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT) 86
3.7 SUMMARY 88
Chapter 4: THE GREATER LIMBIC LOBE 90
4.1 LIMITS, TOPOGRAPHY, AND RELATED CONCEPTS 90
4.2 THE GREATER LIMBIC LOBE 92
4.3 THE NONISOCORTICAL CHARACTER OF THE LIMBIC LOBE 95
4.4 THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM OF THE LIMBIC LOBE 100
4.5 OTHER SENSORY INPUT TO THE LIMBIC LOBE 103
4.6 LIMBIC LOBE OUTPUT 107
4.7 CONCLUDING REMARKS 116
Chapter 5: COOPERATION AND COMPETITION OF MACROSYSTEM OUTPUTS 122
5.1 BASAL FOREBRAIN FUNCTIONAL-ANATOMICAL SYSTEMS (MACROSYSTEMS) REVISITED 122
5.2 RETICULAR FORMATION AND BEHAVIORAL SYNTHESIS 126
5.3 MACROSYSTEM OUTPUTS 129
5.4 INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MACROSYSTEMS 146
5.5 THE PROBLEMS OF SUBDIVISION, BOUNDARIES, AND THE REDUCTIONIST APPROACH 151
5.6 SOME FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND CONCLUDING COMMENTS 153
LITERATURE CITED 162
INDEX 192
Color Plate 198

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.11.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Anatomie / Neuroanatomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• ISBN-10: 0-08-055512-8 / 0080555128
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-055512-6 / 9780080555126