Warrick J. Brewer / David Castle / Christos Pantelis (eds.)

Olfaction and the Brain

Herausgeber: Brewer, Warrick J; Pantelis, Christos; Castle, David

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 2006 book sets out our understanding of olfaction and mental health, including where it may take us in the future.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: European Community
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 179mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9780521849227
• ISBN-10: 0521849225
• Artikelnr.: 22591739

Autorenporträt

Warrick Brewer is currently an Associate Professor in the University of Melbourne Department of Psychiatry located at ORYGEN Research Centre, Parkville, where he practises as a Senior Neuropsychologist in the Neuropsychology Clinic.
Nobel Prize winner. See http://nobelprize.org/medicine/laureates/1996/doherty-autobio.html. Peter Doherty was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1996 for his role in discoveries surrounding the specificity of cell-mediated immune defence. http://www.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Peter Doherty; Preface Warrick Brewer, David Castle and Christos
Pantelis; Part I. Neurology, Neurophysiology and Neuropsychology -
Olfactory Clues to Brain Development and Disorder: 1. Structure and
function of the olfactory system Alan Mackay-Sim and Jean-Pierre Royet; 2.
Olfaction and the temporal lobes Jelena Djordjevic and Marilyn
Jones-Gotman; 3. Role of the insula in smell and disgust Mary Phillips and
Maike Heining; 4. Memory of smells past Mikisha Doop, Christine Mohr,
Bradley Folley, Warrick Brewer and Sohee Park; 5. Olfactory neurogenesis: a
window on brain development François Féron, Richard McCurdy, John McGrath,
Alan Mackay-Sim; 6. Olfactory processing and brain maturation Warrick
Brewer, Stephen Wood, Cinzia De Luca and Christos Pantelis; 7. Probing
behavior regulation: role for olfaction in addiction? Dan Lubman, Warrick
Brewer and Murat Yucel; Part II. Social Functioning: Role of Evolution,
Genetics and Gender: 8. Primate evolution: anatomy and olfaction Timothy
Smith and James Rossie; 9. Genetics and family influences on olfaction
Raquelle Mesholam-Gately and Larry Seidman; 10. Sex differences and
olfactory function Kim Good and Lili Kopala; 11. Role of pheromones and
chemistry: lessons from comparative anatomy Michael Stoddart; 12. The
impact of olfaction on human social functioning Dolores Malaspina, Cheryl
Corcoran and Nora Goudsmit; Part III. Assessment and Disorders of
Olfaction: 13. Assessment of olfaction Richard Doty; 14. Olfaction and
neuropsychiatric disorders: what can deficits tell us? Christos Pantelis
and Warrick Brewer; 15. Olfaction in Parkinsonian syndromes: early
prediction? Christopher Hawkes; 16. Olfaction in psychosis Paul Moberg and
Bruce Turestsky; 17. Olfactory hallucinations Dennis Velakoulis; 18.
Delusions of body malodour: the olfactory reference syndrome Katherine
Phillips, Craig Gunderson, Uschi Gruber and David Castle.