Christopoulos and Stelios M. Smirnakis Advanced Brain Neuroimaging Topics in Health and Disease: Methods and Applications

Online & print edition 30 May, 2014 - 665p.
The brain is the most complex computational device we know,
consisting of highly interacting and redundant networks of
areas, supporting specific brain functions.
The rules by which these areas organize themselves to perform
specific computations have only now started to be uncovered.
Advances in non-invasive neuroimaging technologies have
revolutionized our understanding of the functional anatomy of
cortical circuits in health and disease states, which is the
focus of this book.
The first section of this book focuses on methodological issues,
such as combining functional MRI technology with other brain
imaging modalities.
The second section examines the application of brain neuroimaging
to understand cognitive, visual, auditory, motor and decision-making
networks, as well as neurological diseases.
The use of non-invasive neuroimaging technologies will continue to
stimulate an exponential growth in understanding basic brain
processes, largely as a result of sustained advances in neuroimaging
methods and applications.