Quantitative imaging

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Describes how to use positron emission tomography (PET) to examine the mechanisms by which information is passed from one neuron to another, and to relate the findings to human behavior. Covers an introduction to neurotransmitters and neuroreceptors; the principles of assessing neurotransmitters in disease; the radiochemistry of tracers for neurotransmitter receptor studies; the physics and instrumentation of PET; modeling neuroreceptor binding of radioligands in vivo; opiate, dopamine, benzodiazepine, muscarinic acetylcholine, and serotonin receptors; dopa metabolism, and the enzyme activity of monoamine oxidase. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)