THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS

By KAREN DAVIS

CONTENTS 1 NEUROANATOMY, BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, AND PLASTICITY OVERVIEW OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM BRAIN REGIONS, STRUCTURES, AND FUNCTIONS BRAIN DIVISIONS BRAIN DEVELOPMENT PRENATAL BRAIN GROWTH BRAIN CELLS AND BRAIN MATURATION POSTNATAL BRAIN GROWTH AND PLASTICITY PLASTICITY TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY BRAIN INJURY—STROKE DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALIES BRAIN INJURY—AMPUTATION DEPRIVATION STUDIES ENRICHMENT STUDIES MECHANISMS OF PLASTICITY METABOLIC NEEDS OF THE BRAIN SEX DIFFERENCES IN BRAIN MORPHOLOGY SUMMARY 2 CELLULAR FUNCTION, NEUROTRANSMISSION, AND PHARMACOLOGY INTRACELLULAR COMPONENTS AND FUNCTIONS DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTION POTENTIAL PROCESS OF CHEMICAL NEUROTRANSMISSION POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTORS TERMINATION OF NEUROTRANSMISSION CONTENTS NEUROTRANSMITTER SUBSTANCES PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AN OVERVIEW OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AND MODE OF ACTION 3 TECHNIQUES OF BRAIN IMAGING BASIC PRINCIPLES OF BRAIN ACTIVATION AND MEASUREMENT BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES, STRUCTURAL IMAGING BRAIN IMAGING TECHNIQUES, FUNCTIONAL IMAGING BRAIN STIMULATION TECHNIQUES 4 DEMENTIA OF ALZHEIMER’S TYPE AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE BACKGROUND INFORMATION DEMENTIA OF ALZHEIMER’S TYPE PARKINSON’S DISEASE INTERVENTIONS FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE 5 SCHIZOPHRENIA BACKGROUND, PREVALENCE, AND COURSE PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS FOR PSYCHOSIS ETIOLOGIC THEORIES PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA 6 MOOD DISORDERS MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER BIPOLAR DISORDER 7 ANXIETY DISORDERS PANIC DISORDER BRAIN IMAGING STUDIES AND PANIC DISORDER OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) 8 DRUG ADDICTION AND EATING DISORDERS DRUG ADDICTION EATING DISORDERS 9 DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD ORIGIN ATTENTION-DE?CIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) CONTENTS SUMMARY TOURETTE’S DISORDER AUTISTIC DISORDER LEARNING DISABILITIES REFERENCES