Imaging in Neurodegenerative Disorders.

Cover -- Imaging in Neurodegenerative Disorders -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- List of contributors -- SECTION 1 Introduction -- 1 Epidemiology of neurodegenerative diseases -- 2 Metabolomics of neurodegenerative disorders -- 3 Transcriptome profiling in neurodegenerative disorders -- 4 Health economic considerations in neurodegenerative disorders -- 5 Symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases -- SECTION 2 Imaging technique -- 6 Computed tomography -- 7 General principles of magnetic resonance imaging -- 8 Nuclear medicine and radiology -- 9 Molecular imaging and neurodegenerative disorders -- 10 Positron emission tomography in neurodegenerative disorders-evolving techniques and new tracers -- 11 Radiopharmaceuticals for molecular imaging of neurodegenerative diseases -- SECTION 3 Neurodegeneration: cognition -- 12 Neuroimaging of Alzheimer's disease -- 13 MRI-based imaging of Alzheimer's disease -- 14 Frontotemporal dementia -- 15 Dementia with Lewy bodies -- 16 Corticobasal syndrome and corticobasal degeneration -- SECTION 4 Neurodegeneration: movement -- 17 Parkinson's disease: clinical and imaging features -- 18 Progressive supranuclear palsy -- 19 Imaging in Huntington's disease -- 20 Multiple system atrophy -- 21 Clinical benefit of dopamine transporter imaging in movement disorders and dementia -- SECTION 5 Neurodegeneration: strength -- 22 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- SECTION 6 Neurodegeneration: coordination -- 23 Spinocerebellar atrophies -- 24 Imaging in Friedreich's ataxia -- 25 Neuroimaging in human prion diseases -- SECTION 7 Neurodegeneration: peripheral and autonomic nervous systems -- 26 Amyloidosis -- 27 Neurodegeneration: metabolic and toxin-related disorders -- SECTION 8 Neurodegeneration: myelin -- 28 Demyelinating diseases -- 29 Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

30 Neurodegenerative disorders of the basal ganglia -- SECTION 9 Neurodegeneration: trauma -- 31 Neurodegeneration post trauma: brain -- 32 Neurodegeneration post trauma: spine -- 33 Neurodegeneration after trauma: peripheral nerves -- SECTION 10 Neuroimaging after therapy -- 34 Functional imaging of neurosurgery in Parkinson's disease -- 35 Neuroimaging after cell-based therapy -- Index.

This book summarizes the latest developments in imaging techniques and other new diagnostic methods as applied to the neurodegenerative disorders.

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