Biological Markers in Psychiatry and Neurology

Biological Markers in Psychiatry and Neurology is a collection of papers that details the advancement in the understanding of the biological markers that stems from psychiatric and neurological pathologies. The text first covers topics about various biological markers, such as neurochemical, enzymatic, membrane, receptors, endocrine, and physiological. Next, the selection examines the relationship between alcohol abuse and biological papers. The next part covers the genetic aspects of biological markers. The text also deals with use of tomography and modeling theory. The book will be of great use to students, researchers, and practitioners of neurology and psychiatry. Psychologists will also benefit from the text.

List of ParticipantsAbbreviationsI. Neurochemical Markers High Risk Studies in Affective Disorders Biological Markers of Separation Induced Depression in Primate Models Biochemical Discrimination of Subgroups of Depressive Disorders Based on Differences in Catecholamine Metabolism Clinical Studies of the GABA System in Psychiatric Disorders Serotonin Uptake in Blood Platelets as a Biological Marker for Major Depressive Disorders A Cross-Cultural Design to Test a Biological Hypothesis of Schizophrenia Human Plasma Melatonin: A Marker for Adrenergic Function, Circadian Rhythms, and Responsivity to Environmental Light Postmortem Neurochemical Studies in Chronic SchizophreniaII. Enzymatic Markers Monoamine Oxidase and Schizophrenia The Relationship of Platelet MAO Activity to Psychological Variables Underlying Psychiatric Diagnoses (Cross-listed in X) Molecular Properties of Platelet MAO in Psychiatric Patients and Controls Platelet Monoamine Oxidase as a Biological Marker in the Affective Disorders and Alcoholism (Cross-listed in VII)III. Membrane Markers Membrane Transport Processes in Affective Illness Sodium Dependent Membrane Processes in Major Affective Disorders Lithium Ratio, Lithium Response and the Schizophrenias Abnormalities in Membrane Li pi ds Associated with Deficiencies in Lithium Counterflow Phospholipids as Markers for Schizophrenia Red Blood Cell Choline as a Potential Marker in Psychiatric and Neurologic DiseaseIV. Receptors as Markers [3H] Imipramine Binding to the Serotonin "Transporter" in Human Brain and Platelet: A Possible Biological Marker in Depression a2- Adrenergic Receptors: Comparative Biochemistry of Neural and On-neural Receptors, and In Vitro Analysis in Psychiatric Patients Brain Dopamine Receptors in SchizophreniaV. Endocrine Markers The Dexamethasone Suppression Test: An Established Biological Marker of Melancholia EEG Studies of Sleep and the Dexamethasone Suppression Test in the Diagnosis of Depression (Cross-listed in VI) Physostigmine Responses as Markers in Affective Disorder Patients Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity: The Importance of Delusions and Familial Cholinergic-ß-Endorphin Hypersensitivity Associated with Depression The TRH-Induced TSH Response: A Possible Neuroendocrine Marker The TRH Test in Depressive and Manic-Depressive Illness MIF-1 and Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenocortical System in Depression Growth Hormone and Lithium Ratios Predict Success of Lithium in the Schizophrenias Human Immunoreactive Melatonin and Cortisol during Acute Stress and Comparison of Their RhythmsVI. Physiological Markers Blinking as an Attentional Variable in Schizophrenia Blink Rates in Schizophrenia Autonomic Nervous System Markers of Diagnosis and Prognosis in Schizophrenia Psychological and Physiological Correlates of Variations in Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements Vulnerability to Schizophrenia: Information Processing in the Pupil and Event-Related Potential EEG Sleep as Biological Markers in Depression EEG Studies of Sleep and the Dexamethasone Suppression Test in the Diagnosis of Depression (Cross Listed in V) Cholinergic REM Sleep Induction - A Trait Marker of Affective Illness? Anomalies of Neuro-sensory Functions and Representational World in SchizophrenicsVII. Markers and Alcoholism Toward a Biochemical Definition of Alcoholism Platelet Monoamine Oxidase as a Biological Marker in the Affective Disorders and Alcoholism (Cross Listed in II) The Genetics of Alcoholism (Cross Listed in VIII ) A Prospective Study of Genetic Markers in Alcoholism (Cross Listed in VIII)VIII.