Title | Application of Basic Neuroscience to Child Psychiatry [electronic resource] / edited by Stephen I. Deutsch, Abraham Weizman, Ronit Weizman |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1990 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0525-5 |
Descript | 420 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 2. Brain Imaging Studies of Autism -- 3. Regulation of Neuritic Extension -- 4. Transplantation and Cellular Replacement Therap -- References -- I. BASIC NEUROSCIENCE CONSIDERATIONS -- 1. Molecular Neurobiology and Disorders of Brain Development -- 2. Neurotransmitter Assessment in Neuropsychiatric Disorders of Childhood -- 3. Role of the GABA-Benzodiazepine Receptor Complex in Stress: In Vivo Approaches and Potential Relevance to Childhood Psychopathology -- 4. Brain Recognition Sites for Methylphenidate and the Amphetamines: Their Relationship to the Dopamine Transport Complex, Glucoreceptors, and Serotonergic Neurotransmission in the Central Nervous System -- 5. Neuropeptide Modulation of Development and Behavior: Implications for Psychopathology -- 6. Drug Discrimination Studies in Animals: A Behavioral Approach to Understanding the Role of Neurotransmitter Receptor Complexes in Mediating Drug Effects -- 7. The Platelet as a Peripheral Model of Serotonergic Function in Child Psychiatry -- 8. Neuroendocrine Abnormalities in Autism and Schizophrenic Disorder of Childhood -- 9. Autoimmune Dysfunction in Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Childhood -- 10. Nonketotic Hyperglycinemia: A Paradigm for the Application of Neuroscience to the Understanding and Treatment of a Developmental Disorder -- II. APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC CLINICAL DISORDERS -- 11. Genetic Causes of Autism and the Pervasive Developmental Disorders -- 12. Biological Studies of Schizophrenia with Childhood Onset -- 13. Biological Studies of Attention-Deficit Disorder -- 14. Biochemical and Genetic Studies of Touretteโs Syndrome: Implications for Treatment and Future Research -- 15. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Neurologic and Neuroanatomic Perspectives -- 16. Neurochemical and Neuroendocrine Considerations of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders in Childhood -- 17. The Genetics of Affective Disorder -- 18. Biochemical Correlates of Auto-Aggressive Behavior: Inferences from the Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome -- 19. Biochemical Studies of Suicide -- 20. Relationship of Downโs Syndrome to Alzheimerโs Disease -- III. EVALUATION, DRUG DEVELOPMENT, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 21. Neuropsychological Evaluation of Children -- 22. Evaluation of the Violent Adolescent -- 23. Novel Drug Development in the Developmental Disorders -- 24. Ethical Issues in Research in Child Psychiatry