Clinical Applications of Functional Brain MRI

Serge A.R.B Rombouts is Associate Professor of Functional Neuroimaging, Department of Physics and Medical Technology at Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands and is Director of the Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC), Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. His primary research interests are functional magnetic resonance neuroimaging and Alzheimer's Disease.Frederick Barkhof is Professor of Radiology, Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Philip Scheltens is Professor of Cognitive Neurology and Director of the Alzheimer Center at the Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam The Netherlands. His main clinical and research interests are Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging and biomarkers.

This is a very useful book for anyone interested in learning the basics of this emerging and important research and clinical tool. Highly recommended.

• 1. An introduction to clinical functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain ; 2. Preoperative assessment: motor function ; 3. Preoperative assessment: language ; 4. Aging: age related changes in episodic and working memory ; 5. Dementia: mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease ; 6. Dementia: visualizing the metabolic changes of early Alzheimer's disease ; 7. Schizophrenia ; 8. Depression and anxiety disorders ; 9. Stroke ; 10. Parkinson's disease ; 11. Multiple sclerosis ; 12. FMRI and pharmacology: what role in clinical practice?