Buchdetails
Format
Kindle
Seiten
298
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Apr 28, 2008
Verlag
Wiley
ISBN-10
0470514191
ISBN-13
9780470514191
Beschreibung
Details the application of positron emission tomography (PET) to the mapping of human cerebral cortical function. Coverage includes all aspects of PET technology. Includes chapters on somatosensory, motor and visual systems, and higher-order processes such as attention, memory, learning, intention and language. The clinical usefulness of PET is discussed in relation to psychiatric illness and to functional recovery after brain injury.