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Reviewing discoveries in anatomical, functional, and neurochemical in vivo and pharmacological studies, this volume consolidates material on chemical imaging with SPECT and PET radiotracer studies, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) views of the human brain. Edited by leading brain imaging researchers in the field, with contributions from thirty-four specialists, the book provides information on structural, functional, and neurotransmitter abnormalities in affective disorders. It covers the application of imaging techniques to study key neurotransmitter systems for the monitoring of treatment responses and the development of new treatments.

General: brain imaging methods in neuropsychiatry; investigation of mood disorders by transcranial magnetic stimulation. Anatomical studies: structural brain investigations in affective disorders; brain anatomic circuits and the pathophysiology of the affective disorders. Functional and neurochemical brain studies: fMRI investigations in mood disorders; MRS investigations and the pathophysiology of affective disorders. Psychopharmacology investigations: MRS as a tool for psychopharmacological studies; PET and SPECT imaging of antidepressant treatment effects in major depression. Summary and perspectives: differential brain mechanisms in bipolar and unipolar disorders - considerations from brain imaging; brain imaging in affective disorders - current status and prospects for advances.