Introduction to the neuropsychiatry of limbic and subcortical disorders. Anatomy and Neurochemistry. The limbic system: an anatomic, phylogenetic, and clinical perspective. Ventromedial temporal lobe anatomy, with comments on Alzheimer's disease and temporal injury. The thalamus and neuropsychiatric illness. The accumbens: beyond the core-shell dichotomy. Neurobiology of fear responses: the role of the amygdala. Clinical Syndromes. Paroxysmal limbic disorders in neuropsychiatry. Auras and experiential responses arising in the temporal lobe. Neuropsychiatric symptoms from the temporolimbic lobes. The neurobiology of emotional experience. The neurobiology of recovered memory. The medial temporal lobe in schizophrenia. Limbic-cortical dysregulation: a proposed model of depression. The neurobiology of drug addiction. The neural substrates of religious experience. Index.
This new volume is highlighted by three important qualities. First, it covers the relevant field of cognitive and psychiatric disorders associated with damaged limbic and subcortical brain regions. Second, the scope of the volume is impressive, from detailed neruoanatomical considerations to broader clinical perspectives such as emotional and even religious experiences. Third, the presentation of information is detailed, scholarly yet readable. It has contributions from top researchers and clinicians in the field of neuropsychiatry and subcortical research. This book will be a very important volume for any clinician and researcher interested in the neuropsychiatry of limbic and subcortical disorders. Donald T. Stuss, Ph.D., Director, Rotman Research Institute, Professor of Psychology and Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto, North York, Ontario, Canada The basal ganglia have been called the crossroads of neurology and psychiatry. If that is true, the limbic system and the paralimbic subcortical structures are the Grand Central Station of neuropsychiatry. This text, based on a special issue of the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, strikes the perfect balance between an understanding of brain structure and an appreciation of the clinical disorders associated with limbic dysfunction. The book is authored by some of the world's leading investigators in the anatomy and clinical disorders involving limbic and paralimbic structures. Those who deal with patients having neuropsychiatric disorders or those investigating the substrates of these disorders will find this book an essential resource for their understanding of the clinical anatomical associations which must be appreciated to understand these disorders. Robert G. Robinson, M.D., The Paul W. Penningroth Professor and Head, College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Stephen P. Salloway, M.D., M.S., is Associate Professor of Neurosciences and Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University School of Medicine, and Director of Neurology and the Memory Disorders Program at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
Paul F. Malloy, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University, and Director of Psychology at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., is Augustus S. Rose Professor of Neurology and Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California.
One of the things I like most about this book is that it attaches importance to both neuroscience and clinical practice.... The multiple authorship have indeed acted to ensure that the topics have not been treated in a cursory fashion. The contributors have shown thorough and meticulous scholarship in tracking down available historical material.... [T]he book is strongly recommended to anyone dealing with patients having neuropsychiatric disorders or to those with an interest in neurobiology of these disorders.--British Journal of Psychiatry
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