Visualization of Brain Functions

Part 1 Molecular and immunohistochemical approaches: "in situ" hybridization histochemistry, W.S.Young,III; "in situ" hybridization analysis of gene expression in the HPA stress axis - regulation by glucocorticoids, M.K.Schafer et al; histological detection of neuropeptide messenger RNAs with radioactive and biotinylated synthetic oliginucleotides, B.Bloch et al; visualization of neuropeptides and neurotransmitters in the human brain - applications to development and pathology, J-J.Vanderhaeghen et al; laser scanning fluorescence microscopy applied to quantitative immunocytochemical studies in nervous tissues, J.S.Ploem et al. Part 2 Functional imaging of receptors: autoradiographic imaging - localization of binding sites other than neurotransmitter receptors, M.J.Kuhar et al; mapping of receptor and transmitter expression in the human brain, J.M.Palacios et al; visualization of neurokinin, growth factor, ion channel and second messenger binding sites in the brain - clues to their function, R.Quirion et al; new aspects on the morphometrical characterization at cell body and terminal level of transmitter identified nerve populations using computer-assisted image analysis, L.F.Agnati; association of neuropeptide receptors with central catecholamine neurons - light and electron microscopic investigations, A.Beaudet et al; uses of autoradiography for the study of hormone feedback on brain function, B.S.McEwen. Part 3 "In vivo" exploration of brain functions: developing a functional anatomy of the human brain with positron emission tomography, M.E.Raichle; the construction of a functional brain atlas - elimination of bias from anatomical variations at PET by reformatting three-dimensional data into a standardized anatomy, T.Greitz et al; mapping of learning and memory functions in the human brain, P.E.Roland and R.J.Seitz; regional cerebral blood flow measurements with high temporal and spacial resolution, J.Risberg; visualization of neuroreceptor functions in the living human brain, G.Sedvall et al; receptor binding studies of the living brain by positron emission tomography, B.Maziere and M.Maziere; position emission tomography and "in vivo" brain chemistry, H.N.Wagner, Jr; functional anatomy of selective activation of D1 and D2 dopomine receptors in rat basal ganglia, J.M.Trugman and G.F.Wooten; topographic imaging of event-related potentials in human brain, L.B.Geffen et al. Part 4: magnetic resonance imaging. Part 5: new trends in neuroimaging.