Brain energetics and neuronal activity : applications to fMRI and medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shulman, R. G. (Robert Gerson), Rothman, D. L. (Douglas L.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2004]
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Table of Contents:
  • Energy metabolism in neural tissues in vivo at rest and in functionally altered states
  • Techniques - MRS, fMRI, ¹³C NMR, indirect detection of ¹³C
  • Metabolic modeling analysis of brain metabolism
  • Cerebral energetics and neurotransmitter fluxes
  • NMR studies of the metabolism and energetics of GABA neurotransmitter pathways
  • Neural energy consumption and the representation of mental events
  • Imaging cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption (CMRO₂) using ¹⁷O NMR approach at ultrahigh field
  • Deriving changes in CMR₀₂ from calibrated fMRI
  • Relationship between CMR₀₂ and neuronal activity
  • NMR studies of bioenergetic impairment in human epilepsy
  • MRS studies of the role of altered glutamate and GABA neurotransmitter metabolism in the pathophysiology of epilepsy
  • The role of altered energetics of neurotransmitter systems in psychiatric disease
  • Long-term memory : do incremental signals reflect engagement of cognitive processes?
  • Using fMRI to study the mind and brain
  • Brain and mind : an NMR perspective
  • The role of the NMR baseline signal in the study of consciousness : the restless brain