PET and SPECT in Neurology highlight the combined expertise of renowned authors whose dedication to the investigation of neurological disorders through nuclear medicine technology has achieved international recognition. Classical neurodegenerative disorders are discussed as well as cerebrovascular disorders, brain tumors, epilepsy, head trauma, coma, sleeping disorders and inflammatory and infectious diseases of the CNS. The latest results in nuclear brain imaging are detailed. Most chapters are written jointly by a clinical neurologist and a nuclear medicine specialist to ensure a multidisciplinary approach. This state-of-the-art compendium will be valuable not only to neurologists and radiologists/nuclear medicine specialists but also to interested general practitioners and geriatricians. It is the second volume of a trilogy on PET and SPECT imaging in the neurosciences, the other volumes covering PET and SPECT in psychiatry and in neurobiological systems.

<i>BASICS: </i>Nuclear Medicine Imaging Tracers for Neurology

¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Procedures
Tracer-Kinetic Modeling
Quantification in Brain SPECT
MRI/PET Brain Imaging
An Investigation of Statistical Power of [¹⁵O]-H₂O PET Perfusion Imaging
Molecular Imaging Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Neurology
The Default Network of the Brain
<i>DEMENTIA: </i>Dementia Due to Neurodegenerative Disease - Molecular Imaging Findings
Abeta Imaging in Aging, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Conditions
PET Imaging of the Alpha4Beta2*-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Alzheimer's
Neuroimaging Findings in Mild Cognitive Impairment
Impact of the IWG/Dubois Criteria for Alzheimer's Disease in Imaging Studies
Perfusion SPECT
Nuclear Imaging in Frontotemporal
Parkinson Dementia: PET Findings
SPECT/PET Findings in Lewy Body Dementia
Vascular
Value of MIBG in the Differential Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Linking Molecular Biology to Therapeutic Approaches for Alzheimer Disease with PET
<i>CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS: </i>PET and SPECT Studies of Ageing and Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease
Carotid Plaque Imaging with SPECT-CT and PET-CT
ET in Brain Arteriovenous Malformations and Cerebral Proliferative Angiopathy
Transient Ischemic Attack
PET Reveals Pathophysiology in Ischemic Stroke
<i>MOVEMENT DISORDERS: </i>Parkinson Disease
SPECT Imaging for Idiopathic M.Parkinson and Parkinsonian Syndromes
PET and SPECT Imaging in Parkinsonian Syndromes
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
PET in Huntington's Disease
PET and SPECT Imaging in Dystonia
PET and SPECT Imaging in Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders
Clinical Applications of [¹²³I]FP-CIT SPECT Imaging
<i>INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS: </i>PET Imaging of Microglia Activation in Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Potential Infectious Origin
PET Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis
PET and SPECT Imaging of Neurotoxicity
PET and SPECT in Hepatic and Uremic Encephalopathy
<i>EPILEPSY: </i>PET in Epilepsy
Subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI (SISCOM)
Nuclear Medicine Neuroimaging and Electromagnetic Source Localization in Nonlesional Drug-Resistant Focal
<i>TUMORS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: </i>PET Imaging of Gliomas
Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography [Neuro-SPECT] Imaging of Brain Tumors<i>
</i>The Value of ¹¹C-Methionine PET in the Differential Diagnosis between Brain Tumor Recurrence and Radionecrosis
Imaging Brain Metastases of Neuroendocrine Tumors
<i>OTHER SUBJECTS: </i>Traumatic Brain Injury
Whiplash: real or not real? A review and new concept
Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in Altered States of Consciousness
Anaesthesia and PET of the Brain
Modulation of Brain Functioning by Deep Brain Stimulation
Radionuclide Imaging Studies in Pediatric Neurology.