Imaging brain

Numerous studies of brain fnnction in major depression have been undertaken. Stndies nsing positron emission tomography generally show decreased metabolism in the frontal lobes of depressed individnals, more so on the left (Bench et al., 1992). This abnormality is not specific to depression, being observed in other psychiatric conditions such as bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder. The abnormalities reverse with successful treatment. 

Several animal models of depressive disorders have been studied, and space does not permit detailed review of these findings. Animal models of depression have fallen into three general categories Stress induced, ethologically relevant, and genetic (Machado-Vieira et al., 2004). Of the stress-indnced models, learned helplessness, chronic mild stress, and forced swim (behavioral despair) are best characterized (Willner and Mitchell, 2002). 

In the learned helpless model, animals (usually rats) are subjected to a brief (l-2h) inescapable shock. Subsequently, they are tested in a task in which they can terminate the shock by an operant response. Animals with prior inescapable shock exposure do not perform as well in the test (Maier and Watkins, 2005). Advantages of the learned helplessness model include its use in studies of neurochemical changes, and that it responds to repeated, rather than acute, antidepressant drug administration. Disadvantages of the model include its dependence on acute stress administration, suggesting it may better model posttrau-matic stress disorder than major depressive disorder. 

The ethologically relevant models include the resident intruder and social hierarchy paradigms (Mitchell and Red-fern, 2005). These models are relatively recent, and have the relative advantage of relying on more naturalistic stressor, compared to shock or swim. Also, they respond to chronic, but not acute antidepressant drug administration. 

Other models include the olfactory bulbectomy model (Song and Leonard, 2005). Lesions of the olfactory bulb cause behavioral changes, interpreted to result from disturbed function of the limbic system. These behaviors are reversed by chronic antidepressant administration. 

The typical principle of a brain imager for newborn infants is shown in Fig. 5.49. Brain imagers for adults can be considered a subset of the setup shown. 

Picosecond diode lasers are by far the most economic light sources for DOT. Fibre lasers [223] and Ti Sapphire lasers [222, 443] have been used as well. These lasers have high power and short pulse width, but a high price. Wavelength multiplexing can be achieved only by synchronising several lasers and at a pulse-by-pulse basis. 

The main rack contains all components apart from the laser source and MCP-PMT cooler unit. Most of the electronics and the control PC are housed on the front of the 19-inch rack. Four variable optical attenuator boxes containing eight 

An optical patient interface is shown right. The system can be used for brain and breast imaging. Applications are described in [222, 223, 224, 225,234, 444]. 

Advanced TCSPC techniques can reduce the size and the weight of the instra-ment considerably. As shown in Fig. 5.49, the detector signals are divided into four groups of eight signals and connected to four routers. The routers are connected to individual channels of a four-channel TCSPC system. The TCSPC system is then reduced to the size of an industrial or even a standard PC. 

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Technetium-99m bicisate is a brain imaging agent that is used for localization of stroke. The lyopbilized kit contains ethyl cysteine dimer as the active ingredient. 

Brain imaging technique that allows visualization of the brain, in order to understand which brain regions are involved in specific functions. Its functioning is based on the measurement of the regional cerebral blood flow which increases when a specific brain region is activated. Its use is similar to that of positron emission tomography (PET). 

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A PET scan requires a substance called a tracer. A suitable tracer must accumulate in the target organ, and it must be modified to contain unstable radioactive atoms that emit positrons. Glucose is used for brain imaging, because the brain processes glucose as the fuel for mental and neural activities. A common tracer for PET brain scans is glucose modified to contain radioactive fluorine atoms. Our molecular inset shows a simplified model of this modified glucose molecule. 

In 1ST and CAST not all patients underwent brain imaging with CT before randomization. It was estimated that about 800 of the 40,000 included subjects in fact had ICH on subsequent imaging. The investigators found no indication in either trial that aspirin treatment led to a deterioration in clinical condition, leading the CAST group to suggest that the hazard of aspirin use in these patients cannot be large (Fig. 7.3). 

A diagnosis of schizophrenia is made clinically, as there are no psychological assessments, brain imaging, or laboratory examinations that confirm the diagnosis. 

The diagnosis of bipolar disorder is made based on clinical presentation, a careful diagnostic interview, and review of the history. There are no laboratory examinations, brain imaging studies, or other procedures that confirm the diagnosis. 

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Nasrallah, H., Coffman, J., Olson, S. Structural brain imaging findings in affective disorders an overview. J. Neuropsychiatr. Clin. Neurosci. 1 21, 1989. 

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Almkvist O (2000). Functional brain imaging as a looking-glass into the degraded brain Reviewing evidence from Alzheimer disease in relation to normal aging. Acta Psychologica, 105, 255-277. 

Laruelle M and Abi-Dargham A (1999). Dopamine as the wind of psychotic fire New evidence from brain imaging studies. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 13, 358-371. 

Gregory Simon, a psychologist who uses brain imaging to study multiple chemical sensitivity, asserts that Beliefs are chemical events in the brain. They must be .3... 

Intrauterine seizures may occur. The electroencephalogram often displays a hypsarrhythmia or a burst-suppression pattern. Patients display myoclonic jerks, hiccuping and a profound hypotonia. The few patients who survive past the first week usually sustain profound mental retardation and neurological disability. Brain imaging shows atrophy and a loss of myelin. Rarely, patients present later in life with psychomotor retardation and growth failure. Others have had initial normal development followed by a progressive loss of developmental milestones. Some patients have manifested spinocerebellar degeneration and other symptoms of motor dysfunction [27],... 

Compound B (PIB) which demonstrates AP amyloid burden in vivo. This brain penetrant nC-labeled uncharged thioflavin derivative binds to A[3 with high affinity [16]. The PET patterns of labeled PIB are interpreted to reflect the A[3 burden in the brain [ 16]. In comparison with controls, subjects with AD show marked retention of label in several areas of brain that usually accumulate amyloid. This approach should eventually prove useful for enhancing accuracy of diagnosis and should allow assessment of the efficacies of new anti-amyloid therapeutics. Further details of brain imaging are found in Ch. 58. 

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